Marius Copil

Romania's men's tennis team defeated Portugal's team, 3-1, in the first round of the World Group I of the Davis Cup, after Marius Copil won, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, against Joao Sousa, at the Horia Demian Sports Hall in Cluj-Napoca, on Sunday.

Romanian tennis player Marius Copil on Sunday advanced to the men's singles second round of the 717,955-USD Winston-Salem ATP tournament in North Carolina, US, after defeating Slovak Martin Klizan 6-4 3-6 6-3. Copil, 28, world number 96, prevailed in two hours and six minutes.

Romanian tennis player Marius Copil on Wednesday advanced to the quarter-finals of the men's singles event of the 537,050-euro ATP grass tournament in s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, after defeating Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, the 4th favourite, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Romanian tennis player Marius Copil on Monday evening advanced to the second round of the men's singles event of the 537,050-euro ATP grass tournament in s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, after defeating Finnish Jarkko Nieminen, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.

The Romanian tennis players Marius Copil and Adrian Ungur have won the doubles in the 439,405 euro worth BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy, by defeating in the final 3-6, 7-5, 17-15 the pair of US Nicholas Monroe and New Zealander Artem Sitak, on Sunday, at Bucharest's Arenele BNR.

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Romania has 3-0 against Israel in the tennis Davis Cup, after the doubles match between Florin Mergea/Horia Tecau and cup Bar Tzuf Botzer/Edan Leshem ended 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday.

Team Romania around non-playing captain Andrei Pavel (centre)
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President Klaus Iohannis announced on Friday on his Facebook account that he will be in the stands of the venue to watch one of the Davis Cup tennis matches opposing the teams of Romania and Israel, to be played in Sibiu.

Romania Davis Cup team
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Romania's team is leading Israel 2-0 after the first day of the Davis Cup, thanks to the win of Marius Copil, who defeated Dudi Sela 6-7 (3), 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-2, Friday evening, in the Transilvania Hall in Sibiu (rd 272 km north-west of Bucharest), in the first round of the competition, Group I of the Europe and Africa zone.

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Andrei Pavel, the captain of Romania's Davis Cup tennis team said Tuesday the team would be honoured to be cheered on by tennis player Simona Halep, currently number three in the world's professional ranking, and by Romania's President Klaus Iohannis, an amateur tennis player himself, in their meet with Israel.

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Romanian tennis player Marius Copil on Tuesday, in Melbourne, qualified for the second round of the Australian Open tennis tournament, the first Grand Slam of the year, after defeating Spaniard Pablo Andujar, in three sets, 6-2, 6-2, 7-5.

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