By Chris Oddo | Friday February 9, 2018
Petra Kvitova is a force under a roof and Marius Copil has struck a milestone. Join us as we go inside the numbers.
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Keeping up with the game of tennis, by the numbers. Each day at Tennis Now we’ll give you a fresh set—without any further ado, here’s today’s sampling:
13
Number of aces hit by Romania’s Marius Copil in his 6-4, 6-4 win over No.3-seeded Gilles Muller at the Sofia Open. The Romanian reached his first ATP semifinal in Bulgaria and will face qualifier Jozef Kovalik for a spot in the final.
9-0
Stan Wawrinka improved to 9-0 against Serbia’s Viktor Troicki with a 6-1, 7-6(3) win on Friday to reach his first ATP semifinal since Roland Garros 2017. The Stanimal has won 20 of 23 sets against Troicki in their nine tilts.
5
Richard Gasquet has reached each of the last five finals at the Open Sud de France in Montpellier, and he’s won three of those titles. The Frenchman is one win from making it six in a row after he took out Damir Dzumhur, 6-4, 6-2 to improve his career record to 23-4 at the event. Gasquet will face top-seeded David Goffin in the semis.
0
Number of break points face by David Goffin against Karen Khachanov on Friday in Montpellier. The Belgian win 31 of 37 first-serve points and 12 of 22 second-serve points against the Russian.
64-27
Petra Kvitova’s indoor record, which stands to improve this weekend as the Czechs take on the Swiss indoors at Prague. Kvitova owns a 24-7 indoor record at Fed Cup, and is 26-10 overall in singles for the five-time Fed Cup champions.