Romanian tennis player Marius Copil (86th ATP) defeated Lucas Pouille (22nd ATP) 7-6 (4), 7-6 (6) on Thursday, at the tournament in Metz, to reach the quarter-finals. In the next round, Copil will face Peter Gojowczyk (Germany, 95th ATP).
For the performance so far Copil will receive EUR 13,970 and 45 ATP points.
This is Copil’s third most important victory of his career, after the ones in 2012 in Beijing against Marin Cilic (Croatia, 13th ATP at the time) 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 and in 2014 against Gilles Simon (France, 19th ATP) 7-5, 6-3.