Romanian tennis player Horia Tecau and his doubles partner Jean-Julien Rojer (the Netherlands), the first seeds of the men’s doubles competition of Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year, qualified on Thursday for the second round of the tournament after defeating Martin Klizan (Slovakia)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukraine) 7-5, 6-2, in just 64 minutes.
The pair received 23,000 Australian dollars and 90 ATP points.
In the second round, Tecau and Rojer, last year’s semi-finalists, are due to face the pair Benjamin Becker (Germany)/Dominic Thiem (Austria).
Romanian tennis player Florin Mergea and his doubles partner Rohan Bopanna (India), the tournament’s fourth seeds, also qualified for the second round on Thursday, after their victory against all-Australian pair Omar Jasika/Nick Kyrgios, 7-5, 6-3. More…