The cream of Romanian male tennis is struggling in anonymity. Filip Jianu, defeated in Rwanda

The cream of Romanian male tennis is struggling in anonymity. Filip Jianu, defeated in Rwanda

Filip Jianu, 23 years old, 229 ATP, lost today, after 3 hours and 9 minutes of fighting, in front of French Valentin Royer (23 years, 183 ATP), at the Kigali 1 Challenger Tennis tour (total prizes of $ 100,000).

Filip Jianu is the best ranked Romanian

The Romanian, favorite 6, won the first set at Tie-Break, 7-4, but lost the following in extensions, 4-7, 3-7. The Frenchman is the number 3 series head.

The quarterfinals at the Kigali 1 Challenger, played on the slag, brought to Jianu, a sportsman who made his junior at the famous tennis school of Nick Bollettieri, a $ 2,890 check and 12 ATP points (here, the contest picture).

In the first round, Jianu had passed by the Nicholas nationals David Ionel, 22 years old, 369 ATP, score 6-4, 6-4. The two do the double pair.

Romania has no player in the top 100 world. The last tricolor entered the elite was Marius Copil, now at the end of his career.

Adrian Stoica

Adrian Stoica

Adrian is the founder and the visionary behind Cluj Napoca, a media platform committed to capturing and sharing the vibrant stories of Cluj-Napoca and Romania with an international audience. A graduate in international journalism from the University of Bucharest and holder of a Master’s in Cultural Studies from Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Adrian has a robust educational background that equips him to understand and analyze the complexities of his native region's culture and history.