The match ended 7-5, 7-6 in favour of the Moldovan tennis player. Albot won the first set after a balanced duel, while in the second he prevailed in the tie-break. According to match statistics, the Moldovan scored 85 points, compared with his opponent’s 76, and converted five of the 16 break points he created. Albot also won 41 return points, compared with the Italian’s 26.

In the semi-finals of the competition, which is taking place in Chisinau, Radu Albot will face Romania’s Cezar Cretu on Saturday. Earlier, the Moldovan tennis player defeated France’s Maxime Janvier and Kazakhstan’s Timofey Skatov.

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Albot lost the first set but dominated the second and closed out the match in the decider. The round of 16 match ended with a score of 1-6, 6-1, 6-4. According to the stats, the Moldovan won 87 points, compared to his opponent’s 82, and converted five of his ten break points. Earlier, in the second round of qualifying, the Moldovan defeated France’s Maxime Janvier, who retired after the Moldovan won the first set 6-3.

In the quarterfinals, Radu Albot is set to face Italy’s Franco Agamenone on Friday.

In the doubles match, the Moldovan pair of Ilie Snitari and Alexandru Cozbinov was eliminated by the third-seeded pair of Siddhant Banthia and Szymon Kielan with a score of 2-6, 6-7. The Moldovans had a better first-serve percentage, 74% to 65%, but their opponents won more points on return and converted four of their seven break points. Earlier, in the round of 16, the Moldovan doubles team defeated the Ukrainian-Brazilian duo of Vladislav Orlov and Daniel Dutra da Silva.

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In the round of 16, the Moldovan duo of Cozbinov and Snitari defeated the Ukrainian-Brazilian pair of Vladislav Orlov and Daniel Dutra da Silva in two sets, 6-3, 6-4. In the quarterfinals, the Moldovan athletes will face Poland’s Szymon Kielan and India’s Siddhant Banthia, the third seeds in the tournament held in Chisinau.

Earlier, in the singles competition, Alexandru Cozbinov was eliminated in the qualifying round by Romanian Cezar Cretu, with a score of 2-6, 6-7. Meanwhile, Ilie Snitari was defeated in the first round by Czech Zdeněk Kolář, with a score of 4-6, 3-6.

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The match ended with a score of 6-4, 5-7, 10-12. Albot and Yevseyev won the first set, but the Americans came back in the second act and narrowly prevailed in the decider. According to match statistics, the two pairs had a balanced duel. Albot and Yevseyev won 72 points, compared to 70 of their opponents, and both teams managed two breaks each.

Previously, Radu Albot made a victorious debut in the singles competition, after the Frenchman Maxime Janvier withdrew at the end of the first set, won by the Moldovan tennis player with a score of 6-3. In the round of 16, Albot will play against the representative of Kazakhstan, Timofei Skatov.

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