Article by Roxana Fleşeru, Luminița Paul – published on Sunday, April 06, 2025, 17:00 / Updated Sunday, April 6, 202:03
The double final from iaciriac Open It will not start at the time of the program, respectively 11:30, because of the weather, the organizers hoping to be able to play on Sunday. The simple one remains for now at 2:00 pm.
UPDATE 15:55: Flavio Cobolli is the new champion from iaciriac Open, passing in the final by Sebastian Baez, the main favorite, with 6-4,6-4. It is the first title of the Three series head, which becomes the first Italian winner in Bucharest.
UPDATE 13:50: The double final was again moved, it will follow after the simple one on the central land.
UPDATE 13:30: Flavio Cobullli and Sebastian Baez went out for training on the central land. The simple final will start at 14:00.
UPDATE 12:30. The organizers removed the tarpaulins from both lands and prepare the slag for the double final to start. For the time being another hour of start has been announced.
The initial news. The unfavorable weather overwhelmed the plans at iaciriac Open, and the double final, which had 11:30 start time, has been postponed for 12:30.
Thus, the last act in the double sample between Marcel Granollers/Horacio Zeballs (Spa/Arg, 1) and Jakob Schnaitter/Mark Wallner (Ger/Ger) was moved from the central land to land 1, and the starting time is 12:30.
Central land is covered with a tarpaulin to protect the iniract open photo slag
The simple final between Sebastian Baez and Flavio Cobulli was scheduled for 14:00, and this remains unchanged for the moment.
“Due to the weather, Tiriac Open finals scheduled for today have been delayed. The new program will be announced on our official social media channels. All today's tickets will remain valid for reschedule finals. Thank you!” the organizers transmitted.
Asked on Saturday at the press conference on the bad weather forecast, Flavio Cobulli joked: “It's not very different, I'll play with long pants,” he said.
The Bucharest tournament was held two weeks earlier than last year, always under the threat of rain. Only one match was directly affected, that of the main favorite Sebastian Baez, who ended his first match in Bucharest in two days.
In 2016 the finals played on Monday
It remains to be seen whether something will be played or if the two finals will be rescheduled for Monday, as happened at the 2016 edition of the Bucharest tournament, when Horia Tecău and Florin Mergea won the double, and Fernando Verdasco has imposed on a simple Monday. In the history of the tournament, there were such moments, especially during the period when it was played in the fall.
The situation is even more complicated now because La Monte Carlo has already debuted the first 1,000 Masters tournament on the slag, and Baez and Cobullli are on the main panel.
