All-Romanian Final to No-Romanian Final at ATP Bucharest


Posted on September 18, 2005

In a matter of hours the ATP final in Bucharest turned from a potential all-Romanian party to an all-unseeded downer Saturday when unseeded Frenchman Florent Serra ousted No. 3-seeded Romanian Andrei Pavel from a set down, and unseeded Russian Igor Andreev performed likewise against No. 4-seeded Romanian Victor Hanescu.

Insult was added to injury for Hanescu, who blew three match points against Andreev. No Romanian has ever reached the final in Bucharest.

Serra will be playing for his career-first title, while Andreev will be shooting for his second after the claycourt championship earlier this year in Valencia.

The doubles final will be Hanescu/Pavel vs. the No. 3-seeded duo of Acasuso/Prieto.
Rankings
ATP - Feb 06 WTA - Feb 06
1 Novak Djokovic1 Victoria Azarenka
2 Rafael Nadal2 Petra Kvitova
3 Roger Federer3 Maria Sharapova
4 Andy Murray4 Caroline Wozniacki
5 David Ferrer5 Samantha Stosur
6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga6 Agnieszka Radwanska
7 Tomas Berdych7 Marion Bartoli
8 Mardy Fish8 Vera Zvonareva
9 Janko Tipsarevic9 Na Li
10 Juan Martin Del Potro10 Andrea Petkovic
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