Romanian tennis players Cezar Gabriel Papoe and Matei Florin Breazu on Thursday reached the quarterfinals of the M15 Bucharest ITF tournament in Bucharest, hosted by the Simona Halep National Tennis Centre, prize money USD 15,000.
Papoe defeated Hungarian Attila Dominik Boros, the third seed, 6-1 6-4, in the round of 16, and for a place in the semis he will play Slovenian Aljaz Jeran.
Breazu beat Michele Mecarelli, 7-6 (7/2) 2-6 7-6 (11/9), and in the quarterfinals he will meet another Italian, Filippo Mazzola.
In doubles, five of the eight semifinalists are Romanians.
Thursday's results:
Singles, round of 16:
William Mirarchi (Italy) beat [1] Ergi Kirkin (Turkey) 3-6 6-1 7-6 (11/9)
Luka Talan Lopatic (Slovenia) beat Henrik Bladelius (Sweden) 7-6 (7/3) 6-1
Cezar Gabriel Papoe beat [3] Attila Dominik Boros (Hungary) 6-1 6-4
Aljaz Jeran (Slovenia) beat Christopher Thies (Germany) 7-5 6-0
[7]Niccolo Catini (Italy) beat Mihai Razvan Marinescu 6-0 6-2
Ilia Snitari (Moldova) beat [4]Stefan Adrian Andreescu 6-2 6-3
Filippo Mazzola (Italy) beat Freddy Murray (Ireland) 6-4 6-1
Matei Florin Breazu beat Michele Mecarelli (Italy) 7-6 (7/2) 2-6 7-6 (11/9)
Doubles, quarterfinals
[1] Oleksandr Ovcharenko (Ukraine)/Riccardo Perin (Italy) beat Calin Apostol/Stefan Ilie Bogdan Petre 7-5 6-2
Mihai Razvan Marinescu (Romania)/Vladimir Ignatik (Belarus) beat [3] Attila Dominik Boros (Hungary)/Niccolo Catini (Italy) 4-6 6-4 10-5
[4] Tudor Batin/Rares Teodor Pieleanu beat Adrian Constantin/Mihai David Haita 4-6 7-6 (7/1) 10-8
[2] Stefan Adrian Andreescu/Gheorghe Claudiu Schinteie beat Juan Ignacio Barraza/Valentino Conte (Argentina) 6-3 6-2.
