RRI Sports Club – Romanians at the US Open

Horia Tecau is the only Romanian left in the competition

Florin Orban, 06.09.2017, 13:04

The United States Open, the last Grand Slam tournament of the year, is now in its final phase. No Romanian athlete is left standing in the singles’ competitions. Monica Niculescu had the longest run in the women’s singles, where she reached the third round. There she was knocked out by US player Jennifer Brady, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6. Niculescu also competed in the women’s doubles, where she reached the round of 16 alongside Su-Wei Hsieh of Taiwan. The two players however missed the chance to advance to the quarterfinals, being eliminated by the fifth-seeds Timea Babos of Hungary and Andrea Hlavackova of the Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-7, 7-6.

Horia Tecau is the only Romanian left in the competition. He is now involved in both the men’s doubles and the mixed doubles. Together with the Dutch Jean-Julien Rojer Tecau managed his best performance at the US Open. In the quarterfinals, Tecau and Rojer brushed aside Jamie Murray of Great Britain and Bruno Soares, 6-1, 6-2. In the semi-finals Tecau and Rojer will play first-seeds Henri Kontinen of Finland and John Peers of Australia. This year the two have won three ATP tournaments: in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, in Geneva, Switzerland and in Winston-Salem, United States.

In the mixed doubles Horia Tecau is pairing with Coco Vandeweghe of the United States. In the quarterfinals the two knocked out Timea Babos of Hungary and Bruno Soares of Brazil, 4-6, 6-1, 10-8. To accede to the final, Tecau and Vandeweghe must go past first-seeds Martina Hingis of Switzerland and Jamie Murray of Great Britain. (Translated by V. Palcu)