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July 13, 2024
Cezar Crețu and Bogdan Pavel fight for the doubles trophy at the Concord Iasi Open. Last year, Pavel defeated Crețu in the first round in doubles. The path of the two pairs to the final
The Romanian pair Cezar Crețu / Bogdan Pavel, beneficiary of a wild-card, will play on Saturday evening for the doubles trophy at the Concord Iași Open, an ATP Challenger 100 tournament with total prizes of 120,950 euros.
The doubles final will be played on the Central Court, not before 20:00, after the two singles semifinals (the first will start at 16:00).
Bogdan Pavel, at the second consecutive final in Iasi
Cezar Crețu (23 years old) from Ieși and his partner Bogdan Pavel (25 years old), last year's finalist in Iasi, will meet the favorite Polish couple 4 Karol Drzewiecki / Piotr Matuszewski in the grand final. In the semifinals played late on Friday evening, Cezar Crețu and Bogdan Pavel passed the pair of Luis Britto (Brazil) / Roy Stepanov (Israel), score 6-4, 7-6 (3), while the Poles Drzewiecki and Matuszewski defeated the double consisting of Alexandru Jecan (Romania) and Szymon Walkow (Poland), score 6-7 (5), 6-3, 10-4.
It should be noted that Bogdan Pavel played the doubles final in Iași last year as well, together with Gabi Boitan, but the Romanian pair was defeated by Nicolas Barrientos (Colombia) / Aisam Qureshi (Pakistan), 6-3, 6-3.
It is interesting that at the 2023 edition, Bogdan Pavel and Gabi Boitan passed in the first round in doubles even against Cezar Crețu, who then paired with Alexandru Jecan, 6-4, 6-3.
The doubles champions receive 100 ATP points and a check worth €16,550, while the runners-up are left with 50 ATP points and €9,705.
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Here's the path of the two pairs to the final:
Cezar Crețu / Bogdan Pavel
Round I
Cezar Crețu (Romania) / Bogdan Pavel (Romania) – Nicholas David Ionel (Romania) / Filip Jianu (Romania) 7-5, 7-6 (6)
quarters
Cezar Crețu (Romania) / Bogdan Pavel (Romania) – [2] Anirudh Chandrasekar (India) / Arjun Kadhe (India) 7-6 (6), 4-6, 10-2
Semifinals
Cezar Crețu (Romania) / Bogdan Pavel (Romania) - Luis Britto (Brazil) / Roy Stepanov (Israel) 6-4, 7-6 (3)
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Karol Drzewiecki / Piotr Matuszewski
Round I
[4] Karol Drzewiecki (Poland) / Piotr Matuszewski (Poland) – Gabi Boitan (Romania) / Dan Tomescu (Romania) 6-4, 6-3
quarters
[4] Karol Drzewiecki (Poland) / Piotr Matuszewski (Poland) – Vladyslav Orlov (Ukraine) / David Stevensov (Great Britain) 6-4, 6-2
Semifinals
[4] Karol Drzewiecki (Poland) / Piotr Matuszewski (Poland) - Alexandru Jecan (Romania) / Szymon Walkow (Poland) 6-7 (5), 6-3, 10-4
Today we also find out the singles finalists
Also today, starting at 4:00 p.m., the singles semifinals are also scheduled at the Ciric Sports Base.
In the first semifinal, Bolivian Hugo Dellien (31 years old, 171 ATP), the sixth favorite, will play Paraguayan Adolfo Daniel Vallejo (20 years old, 289 ATP), and the second finalist will be decided after the semifinal between French Enzo Couacaud (29 years old, 195 ATP), 8th favorite and Spaniard Javier Barranco Cosano (25 years old, 254 ATP).
Schedule for Saturday, July 13:
Central Ground / Start at 16.00
[6] Hugo Dellien (Bolivia) vs. Adolfo Daniel Vallejo (Paraguay)
Not before 6pm
[8] Enzo Couacaud (France) vs Javier Barranco Cosano (Spain)
Not before 8pm
DOUBLE FINAL
[4] Karol Drzewiecki (Poland) / Piotr Matuszewski (Poland) vs [WC] Cezar Crețu (Romania) / Bogdan Pavel (Romania)
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