Romanian players Elena Ruxandra Bertea and Maria Sara Popa on Wednesday progressed to the women's singles round of 16 at the W75 Bucharest ITF tournament hosted by the Simona Halep National Tennis Centre, prize money USD 60,000.
Bertea beat Croatian Iva Primorac Pavicic 6-1 6-3 in the first round, and Maria Sara Popa won as Russian Daria Lodikova forfeited at 7-5 3-0.
Wednesday's results:
Singles, first round
N.1 Despina Papamichail (Greece) beat Katarina Zavatska (Ukraine) 6-4 6-2
Elena Ruxandra Bertea beat Iva Primorac Pavicic (Croatia) 6-1 6-3
Maria Sara Popa beat beat Daria Lodikova (Russia) 7-5 3-0 (Lodikova withdrew)
N.4 Lina Gjorcheska (North Macedonia) beat Georgia Andreea Craciun 6-4 4-6 7-5
Laura Hietaranta (Finland) beat Cagla Buyukakcay (Turkey) 6-1 6-4
N.5 Iulia Avdeeva (Russia) beat Federica Urgesi (Italy) 6-4 6-4
Lilli Tagger (Austria) beat Elena Malygina (Estonia) 6-1 6-3
Lisa Pigato (Italy) beat Sara Cakarevic (France) 6-4, 6-1
Doubles, first round
N.1 Ines Ibbou (Algeria)/Despina Papamichail (Greece) beat Oana Georgeta Simion (Romania)/Gabriela Vilar (USA) 6-3 6-0
N.4 Laura Hietaranta (Finland)/Sapfo Sakellaridi (Greece) beat Elena Ruxandra Bertea (Romania)/Daria Lodikova (Russia) 7-5 6-2
Jenny Duerst (Switzerland)/Nina Vargova (Slovakia) beat Stefana Lazar/Simona Ogescu 6-0 6-2
N.3 Alevtina Ibragimova/Ksenia Zaytseva (Russia) beat Ilinca Dalina Amariei/Cristiana Nicoleta Todoni 6-4 7-6 (8/6).
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