tennis

Romanian tennis player Victor Hanescu was fined $15,000 on Saturday for “unsportsmanlike conduct” and “not using best efforts,” after he spat at the crowd Friday at a match against Germany’s Daniel Brands, in the third round of the Wimbledon tournament, organizers said.

Romania’s Sorana Carstea and Victor Hanescu have beaten Australia’s Samantha Stosur and Lleyton Hewitt 7-5, 6-1 Saturday in mixed doubles to give Romania a 2-1 win in the opener of the Hopman Cup teams tennis tournament held in Perth, Australia.

Romania’s Marius Copil and Horia Tecau managed to get back on saddle after their win against Russian Marat Safin and Dmitri Tursunov in the Davis Cup doubles on Saturday.

Romanian tennis player Andrei Pavel announced he is ending his sports career after he abandoned an Australian Open match against Andy Murray because of severe back pain.