Does Kopriva Have Any Chance?

Can the underpowered Czech take down another Big Server?

It looked like Kopriva was heading for the exit, down 2 sets and a break in the fourth set against Struff. However, he managed to break back from 40-0 and then break him again to take the set. In the deciding set, he was rather dominant. It's a good win for him, but I don't want to get too ahead of myself either... he faced 20 BPs, and Struff had one of his "not-so-good" days. He did have a straight set, non-tiebreak, win against Opelka on the very fast Athens hardcourts at the end of last year as well, so maybe he is decent against Big Servers! Yes, a decent returner, strong mover, and great backhand - like a budget version of Djokovic. Now the question is, is he good enough to take advantage of Fritz, who is clearly not at his best right now? We already saw him lose against Baez in the United Cup, which is a match he tends to finish in just about an hour with a dominant scoreline. His first match here against Royer was highly competitive in the first two sets, before he ran away with it in the third and fourth, after Royer had MTOs. After the match, he did say that his knee felt a lot better and he felt he was starting to gain his level back, but how much of this was influenced by Royer's dip in level? Fritz tends to be quite good against players with a weaker serve; he is simply too consistent (creating chances on return), while he can hold onto his own service. However, he can struggle against good movers, since it's a weaker part of his own game (less so on hardcourt). Obviously, we are going to be looking at Fritz as a huge favorite in this match. Is he finally able to deliver a more dominant performance...?