Maria Sara Popa is the only Romanian tennis player to reach the women's singles quarterfinals of W75 Bucharest ITF tournament hosted by the Simona Halep National Tennis Centre, prize money USD 60,000, after defeating the Swiss Jenny Duerst, eighth seed, 6-3 2-6 6-4.
In the quarterfinals, Popa will play top seed Despina Papamichail of Greece.
Popa, 20, world number 592 WTA, won her only previous meet with Papamichail, 32, world number 222, in the first round of the W75 Chiasso 2024 tournament, 5-7 7-5 7-6 (7/3).
Also on Thursday, compatriot Elena Ruxandra Bertea lost in the round of 16 to Papamichail 6-3 2-6 6-2, and Burundian Sada Nahimana, the second seed, beat Oana Georgeta Simion 6-2 7-5.
Thursday's results:
Singles, round of 16
N.1 Despina Papamichail (Greece) beat Elena Ruxandra Bertea 6-3 2-6 6-2
Maria Sara Popa beat N.8 Jenny Duerst (Switzerland) 6-3 2-6 6-4
Lina Gjorcheska (North Macedonia/No. 4) beat Noemi Basiletti (Italy) 3-6 6-3 6-4
Laura Hietaranta (Finland) beat N.5 Yulia Avdeeva (Russia) 6-3 7-6 (7/4)
Lilli Tagger (Austria) beat N.7Tessa Johanna Brockmann (Germany) 6-4 6-7 (4/7) 6-0
Lisa Pigato (Italy) beat N.3 Lia Karatancheva (Bulgaria) 3-6 6-3 6-2
N.6 Mia Ristic (Serbia) beat Nina Vargova (Slovakia) 4-6 6-2 6-3
N.2 Sada Nahimana (Burundi) beat Oana Georgeta Simion 6-2 7-5
Doubles, quarterfinals
N.1 Ines Ibbou (Algeria)/Despina Papamichail (Greece) beat Alexandra Irina Anghel (Romania)/Elena Malygina (Estonia) 6-1 6-2
N.4 Laura Hietaranta (Finland)/Sapfo Sakellaridi (Greece) beat Mara Gae (Romania)/ Rositsa Dencheva (Bulgaria) 6-1 6-4
J enny Duerst (Switzerland)/Nina Vargova (Slovakia) beat N.3 Alevtina Ibragimova/Ksenia Zaytseva (Russia/No. 3) 1-6 6-3 10-4
N.2 Lia Karatanceva (Bulgaria)/Sada Nahimana (Burundi) beat Anamaria Federica Oana/Diana-Ioana Simionescu 6-2 6-2.
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