Radu Albot has eliminated one of the favorites of the hosts Alexandar Lazarov, who takes the 599th position in the ATP rankings, at the ATP tournament in Sofia.

The Moldovan tennis player, who ranks 95th in the world, won by 7-6, 6-2 after an hour and 15 minutes of play. In the 1/18 finals, Albot will have a worthy opponent in the person of Belgium’s eleventh seed David Goffin, who is the second favorite of the competition. The match will be played on February 8.

The ATP tournament in Sofia has prize money of €530,000. Austria’s eighth seed Dominic Thiem is the competition’s main favorite.