Three Romanian duos on Wednesday progressed to the quarterfinals of the Concord Iasi Open challenger tennis tournament, prize money EUR 160,680.
Fourth-seed Alexandru Jecan and Bogdan Pavel beat India's Vijay Sundar Prashanth/Ramkumar Ramanathan 7-6 (7/4) 7-6 (7/1).
Cezar Cretu and Stefan Palosi also defeated an Indian double, S. D. Prajwal Dev/Nitin Kumar Sinha, 6-4 6-3.
Compatriots Gabriel Ghetu and Stefan Haita prevailed over third seeded Tim Ruehl (Germany)/Mick Veldheer (Netherlands), 7-5 2-6 13-11.
Wednesday's results:
Singles, round of 16
Zsombor Piros (Hungary) beat [3] Damir Dzumhur (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 4-6 6-4 6-3
Maks Kasnikowski (Poland) beat [5] Pedro Martinez (Spain) 4-6 6-3 7-5
Jerome Kym (Switzerland) beat Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg (France) 7-6 (7/5) 7-5
Doubles, first round
[1] Siddhant Banthia (India)/Aleksandar Donski (Bulgaria) beat Inigo Cervantes (Spain)/Denys Molchanov (Ukraine) 7-5 6-3
Gabriel Ghetu/Stefan Haita beat [3] Tim Ruehl (Germany)/Mick Veldheer (Netherlands) 7-5 2-6 13-11
Erik Grevelius/Adam Heinonen (Sweden) beat Arjun Kadhe (India)/Marcelo Zormann (Brazil) 6-4 4-6 10-7
Cezar Cretu/Stefan Palosi beat S. D. Prajwal Dev/Nitin Kumar Sinha (India) 6-4 6-3
[4] Alexandru Jecan/Bogdan Pavel beat Vijay Sundar Prashanth/Ramkumar Ramanathan (India) 7-6 (7/4) 7-6 (7/1)
Ivan Sabanov/Matej Sabanov (Serbia) beat Zdenek Kolar (Czech Republic)/Maximilian Neuchrist (Austria) 6-4 3-6 10-8
[2] Karol Drzewiecki/Piotr Matuszewski (Poland) beat Szymon Kielan (Poland)/David Poljak (Czech Republic) 6-4 7-6 (7/4).
