After winning a Challenger tournament held in Furth last week, the Moldovan tennis player Radu Albot surprisingly lost in a similar competition in Moscow, IPN reports.

In the 1/8 finals, he was eliminated by Alexandr Bublik, who takes the 568th position in the world rankings. Albot won the first set 6-3, but lost the next two set 4-6, 4-6. In the decisive set, the Moldovan player was unable to triumph over the 18-year-old opponent.

Radu Albot won US$1,290 and 8 points in the ATP rankings. He now ranks 113th in the world.