Romanian-German duo Horia Tecau/Kevin Krawietz on Tuesday advanced to the men's doubles quarter-finals of the 980,580-euro Rotterdam Open ATP tennis tournament after beating the Marcelo Melo (BRA)/Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) pairing 6-3 3-6 11-9.
Tecau and Rojer won the Rotterdam Open doubles event in 2015, and advanced to the final in 2014 and 2019. Tecau also played a final in Rotterdam paired up with Swede Robert Lindstedt (2012).
Tecau and Krawietz have won 11,250 euros and 90 ATP doubles points for their performance, and in the quarter-finals they will play Russians Karen Khachanov / Andrey Rublev.