In the second round, the tennis player put aside the Frenchman Clément Tabur (ATP 377) 6-3 and 6-3 in a duel between two qualifiers. After an hour and seventeen minutes the match was over.
To advance to the semi-finals, the 30-year-old Coppejans must beat the 22-year-old Austrian Lukas Neumayer (ATP 226). It will be their first match.
Coppejans is preparing in Bangkok for the qualifications for the Australian Open, which start next Monday. The native of Ostend will participate in Melbourne for the eleventh time with a protected ranking. Only in 2021 could he advance to the main table.