No fewer than 13 of the 16 players who qualified for the round of 16 at the International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament in Bucharest, M15 - the Ioana Cup, organised by Herastrau Tennis Club, are Romanian.
The outsiders to reach the second round are Italian Filippo Mazzola, Moldovan Ilia Snitari and German Erik Schiessl.
Notably, main seed Stefan Palosi was defeated in the first round by Robert Guna 6-2, 6-4. Also making early exits were Stefan Adrian Andreescu (4), Dan Alexandru Tomescu (5) and Radu David Turcanu (6).
Six Romanians are guaranteed places in the quarter-finals.
Results:
Singles, First Round
Robert Guna - Stefan Palosi (No.1) 6-2, 6-4
Stefan Ilie Bogdan Petre - Phil Dungs (Germany) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Filippo Mazzola (Italy) - Benjamin Pietri (France) 6-2, 7-5
Stefan Horia Haita - Dan Alexandru Tomescu (No.5) 6-4, 6-2
Rares Teodor Pieleanu - Stefan Adrian Andreescu (No.4) 6-4, 6-4
Mihai Alexandru Coman - Ruben Hartig (Germany) 5-7, 6-2, 6-0
Daniel Uta - Lorenzo Lorusso (Italy) 6-7 (2/7), 7-6 (7/5), 6-2
Nicholas David Ionel (No.7) - Mircea Mortasifu 6-2, 6-1
Dragos Nicolae Cazacu (No.8) - Giacomo Crisostomo (Italy) 6-1, 6-2
Matei Florin Breazu - Mihai Razvan Marinescu 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
Cezar Gabriel Papoe - Rares Andrei Golescu 6-2, 6-1
Sebastian Gima (No.3) - Tom Zeuch (Germany) 6-2, 6-0
Erik Schiessl (Germany) - Radu David Turcanu (No.6) 6-4, 6-0
Ilia Snitari (Moldova) - Darius Florin Pop 6-4, 6-2
Gheorghe Claudiu Schinteie - Andrei Corneliu Gadoiu 6-3, 6-1
Radu Mihai Papoe (No.2) - Niccolo Ciavarella (Italy) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles, First Round
Sebastian Gima/Paul Popoaca - Alexandru Cristian Dumitru/Dan Alexandru Tomescu (No.1) 7-5, 7-6 (7/5)
Matei Florin Breazu/Mihai Alexandru Coman - Mircea Mortasifu/Darius Florin Pop 6-1, 6-4
Thomas Kostka/Benjamin Pietri (France) - Stefan Adrian Andreescu/Gheorghe Claudiu Schinteie (No.4) 7-5, 7-5
Dragos Nicolae Cazacu/Adrian Constantin - Andrei Corneliu Gadoiu/Calin Manda 6-3, 1-6, 11-9
Mihai Razvan Marinescu/Daniel Uta - Alexandru Toubi Hebhang Balan (Canada)/Andre Meinertz (Denmark) 6-0, 6-2
Mihai David Haita/Stefan Horia Haita - Giacomo Crisostomo/Lorenzo Lorusso (Italy, No.3) 6-4, 6-1
Robert Guna/Radu David Turcanu - Marius Copil (Romania)/Vladimir Ignatik (Belarus) 2-6, 6-3, 10-5
James Markiewicz (UK)/Tom Zeuch (Germany, No.2) - Cezar Stefan Bentzel/Matei Varbanciu 6-1, 6-4.
