The 2019 World Championships silver medallists Romania’s Ovidiu IONESCU and Spain’s Alvaro ROBLES have advanced to the top eight Men’s Doubles Event in Doha, securing their place after defeating the No.4 seeds, Japan’s Tomokazu HARIMOTO and Sora MATSUSHIMA.
Ranked at the position no. 173 in the World, the Romanian-Spanish pairings rose to the occasion in this round of 16 battle, showing great spirit and consistently delivering winning shots.
After dropping the first game, IONESCU and ROBLES bounced back to take the second 14-12 and maintained their level throughout. With strategically placed balls setting up powerful finishing shots, they leveled the score again at 2-2. In the deciding game, they executed their best tactics and shots to clinch a dramatic 3-2 victory (9-11, 14-12, 4-11, 11-9, 11-9).
