Mariusz Kopil from Romania will play against American Alexander Ritshard in the 1/8 finals of the challenger in Forli.
Alexander Ritshard
The 27-year-old US representative was in Forli last week, but he performed rather poorly. Already in the 1/16 finals , Ritshard lost to Italian Luca Potenza – 7:5; 4:6; 6:7 (8:10). This week, Alexander started more successfully, in the 1/16 finals he managed to beat the Italian Stefano Napolitano – 7:6 (7:5); 7:5.
Mariusz was saving up
The 31-year-old representative of Romania, in turn, arrived in Forli quite recently and missed the last tournament. This week it started with a small sensation. In the 1/16 finals, which was yesterday, Kopil beat the Russian tennis player Pavel Kotov in the afternoon – 7:5; 5:7; 6:4.
Forecast
The Romanian tennis player has a higher status at this tournament, and yesterday's victory over Kotov showed that Mariusz is in good shape. It's hard to say what should happen for Ritshard to achieve victory, and therefore we suggest putting on the Piggy Bank.