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Romanian tennis player Cezar Cretu on Monday advanced to the men's singles round of 16 at the 88,520-euro Concord Iasi Open challenger tournament after beating Japanese Hiroki Moriya 2-6 6 -3 6-4.
Cretu prevailed in two hours and 15 minutes, and in the round of 16 eighth he will face second seeded Jaume Munar of Spain. Cretu secured 1,460 euros and 8 ATP singlespoints.
Cretu's compatriot Nicholas David Ionel, 17, world number 521, lost to Polish Kacper Zuk 6-2 6-0 in 69 minutes, in the first round. He won 885 euros.
On the men's singles main draw there are two more Romanians: Marius Copil and Filip Jianu. Eighth-seeded Copil will play today Chilean Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera, while Jianu will meet 35-year-old Russian player Teymuraz Gabashvili.
Other Round of 32 results from Monday:
N.4 JurijRodionov (Austria) beat Geoffrey Blancaneaux (France) 4-6 6-1 7-5
Mathias Bourgue (France) beat Matteo Martineau (France) 6-2 7-6 (1)
N.7 Joao Menezes (Brazil) beat Hugo Grenier (France) 6-4 6-4
N.2 Jaume Munar (Spain) beat Peter Polansky (Canada) 6-4 6-2.
