Tecau-Krawietz duo advances to men's doubles R16 in Cincinnati

Romanian-German double Horia Tecau/Kevin Krawietz on Tuesday progressed to the men's doubles round of 16 at the 4,845,025-USD Western and Southern Open tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio, the US, after defeating Argentina's Federico Delbonis/Diego Schwartzman double 7-5 6-3. N.5 Tecau-Krawietz prevailed in an hour and 15 minutes. For their performance so far, they won 23,260 US dollars and 90 doubles ATP points. In the round of 16, the Romanian-German duo will face Marcelo Arevalo (El Salvador)/Fabio Fognini (Italy) pairing. Tecau is a 2012 winner of the tournament paired up with Sweden's Robert Lindstedt. AGERPRES (RO -author: Mihai Tenea, editor: Mihai Dragomir; EN - author: Corneliu-Aurelian Colceriu, editor: Cristina Zaharia)