The Romanian tennis player Filip Cristian Jianu managed to qualify for the round of 16 of the challenger tournament in Barletta (Italy), endowed with total prizes of 74,825 euros, after defeating the Italian Stefano Travaglia, the fifth favorite, with 3-6 , 6-3, 6-0, writes Agerpres.
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Jianu (22 years old, 293 ATP) managed to get the victory after one hour and 52 minutes.
The success achieved against Travaglia (32 years old, 195 ATP) was the 16th in a row for Jianu, who came after three consecutive ITF titles, two in Kish Island (Iran) and one in Antalya.
In the round of 16, Jianu will meet the Czech player Zdenek Kolar (27 years old, 229 ATP).
In another match of the first round, Marius Copil (33 years old, 355 ATP) was defeated by Bosnian Damir Dzumhur (31 years old, 159 ATP), the second favorite, 6-2, 6-4. Dzumhur is now 4-1 in head-to-head matches with Copil.
Jianu won a check for 1,200 euros and 6 ATP points, and Copil will receive 745 euros.
