Sousa Joao - Bemelmans R

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Sousa and Bemelmans have one thing in common, both of these players went through a terrible run of form before arriving at Antwerp this week.
Bemelmans really needed the home comfort as he had a forgettable North American hard-court swing in 2017, he lost 7 of these 8 matches losing to the likes of Gojo, Fawcett and Broady. His only win in those eight matches came against Bester who is struggling for fitness this year.
Sousa on the other hand has lost 9 of his last 10 matches before this week, but he faced much more established players during this bad run unlike his opponent Bemelmans.
The 29-year-old Belgian must be delighted with his performance week, he got two big wins against Gojowczyk and Kyrgios after losing the first set on both occasions. Meanwhile, Sousa needed three sets to beat Paire who was on a three-match losing run and Stakhovsky who has failed to win consecutive matches since US Open.
Sousa's last title win came at ATP Valencia (indoor) while Bemelmans won a Challenger event this season in Indoor (Koblenz). These two players have met twice before with both winning one each, the most recent meeting and the only indoor clash was edged by Bemelmans in three sets.
All-time indoor record: Sousa- 51/39, Bemelmans- 207/108. YTD indoors record: Sousa- 3/1, Bemelmans- 12/4.

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