Marius Copil
Marius, aged 27, currently occupies the 93th place in the WTA circuit of the singles test, being the best-placed Roman in the circuit.
The end of the previous season brought to Marius remarkable results in two Challenger tournaments in Brest and Bratislava, where he managed to reach both the semifinals and the final of the competition.
The debut of the current season was quite unconvincing for Marius Copil, being defeated in the first tour of the Pune and Australian Open tournaments, the only victories coming this weekend in the Davis Cup matches against the players in Luxembourg.
In the first round of the tournament in Sofia, the victory against Robin Haase, 2-0 in sets, was a conclusive one, having a 90% success at both service.

Blaz Kavcic
The Slovak player, aged 30, is now the 11th place in the ATP standings of the simple test.
In the last season he took part in Challenger level tournaments, winning 2 such summer tours in Canada on a hard surface.
Sofia’s first-round victory against Serbian Laszlo Djere was the first this year to be defeated in the tournaments of Pune, Auckland and Australian Open since the first round.

Direct meetings
The match of the Sofia tournament will be the 2nd straight encounter between the two players, the previous one taking place 5 years ago in the Bastad tournament on the clay, where Blaz Kavcic imposed 2-0 on sets.

Marius Copil – Blaz Kavcic
The two players are currently in a bad shape and this tour is a new “start” for them, this being the first series of ATP tournaments after the Australian Open.
Marius Copil starts with the first chance in this meeting, managing a series of excellent matches in the last week, and in the game against the Dutchman Robin Haase, his game was extremely solid.
In the case of a repeat of the benefit against the much more experienced Haase, Marius Copil should go without problems with the Slovak Blaz Kavcic.

Our Prediction: Marius Copil win @ 1.33