BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy: Marcel Granollers vs. Filippo Volandri

Third seed Marcel Granollers holds a slender 2-1 series edge against Filippo Volandri. The players have split two clay-court meetings this season.

Granollers is 21-20 for the year after reaching round three at the US Open. The 25-year-old Spaniard is set to defend semifinal points in Bucharest, having made the final four last season.

Veteran Filippo Volandri dismissed Rui Machado in the opening round, 6-3, 6-3. The Italian looks to make his first Tour-level quarter since late April, when he secured a semifinal berth in Belgrade.