Romanian-American duo Bogdan Pavel/Trey Hilderbrand on Thursday progressed to the semifinals of the men's doubles event at the Charlottesville Open challenger tennis tournament in, Virginia, U.S., prize money USD 107,000 dollars, after defeating the Johannes Ingildsen (Denmark)/Abdullah Shelbayh (Jordan), 6-3 6-4.
The second seed claimed victory after an hour and 12 minutes, saving all six break points created by their opponents.
Pavel and his partner won USD 1,730 and 30 ATP doubles points.
In the semifinals, Pavel and Hilderbrand will meet the winners of the British Tom Hands/Matthew Summers versus fourth seed Jarno Jans (Netherlands)/Joran Vliegen (Belgium).
