Kyle Edmund shocks Kimmer Coppejans to reach quarters of the Boy’s Singles – Australian Open 2012
Seventh seed, Kyle Edmunds, trashed the Belgian challenger, Kimmer Coppejans, with a breadstick at the Australian Open 2012 on Wednesday. He jolted down a 7-6(7), 6-1 victory over the 11th seed to advance into the quarter-finals at the Melbourne Park.
The British lad dusted away the lower seed in an assertive fashion to move into the quarter-final round of the Grand Slam event in Melbourne, Australia. He bare took one hour and 25 minutes to register victory in straight sets.
Edmund stepped on court number 18 at the Melbourne Park high-spiritedly and swiped in the opening three games in a row before the Belgian could hold on. Regardless of losing his serve in the sixth game, the British youngster broke Coppejans’ serve again in the very next game and took the lead. However, he failed to defend the second breakpoint he faced in the ninth game and subsequently dragged the set to a tie-breaker. Edmund outshined his opponent in it and clinched the opener with a 7-6(7) score line in almost an hour.
The 17-year-old improved his game in the last set and went into the destructive mode. He unleashed flurry of groundstrokes and plucked in the first five games successively before Coppejans could snatch a break back. The British maintained his intensity and broke his rival’s serve again in the last game, eventually earning a breadstick in almost half an hour.
All in all, the seeded British outclassed his opponent completely as he spilled fewer unforced errors and fired more winners. He also registered an amazing 26 out of 35 points on his first serve share and capped the match with 74 points.
Next challenge for Edmund is the top seed, Luke Saville, who eased past the 16th seed, Karim Hossam of Egypt, in straight sets to set-up this date.
On another court, Fourth seeded Japanese, Kaichi Uchida, earned a straight set victory against the French lad, Laurent Lokoli. The Japanese teenager failed to ward off the only breakpoint he faced but capitalised on four out of seven break chances to clinch the match with a 6-3, 6-3 score line.
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