Romanian tennis players Monica Niculescu, top seed, and Jaqueline Cristian on Sunday advanced to the women's singles second round at the 3,125,000-US dollar Prague WTA 125K tennis tournament.
In the first round, Niculescu, 32, world number 138, prevailed over Hungarian Panna Udvardy, 21, world number 346, 7-6 (6) 7-6 (4), in two hours and 7 minutes.
Monica's next opponent will be Andrea Lazaro Garcia of Spain, a 25-year-old player ranked 318th in the world.
It took eleventh-seeded Jaqueline Cristian, 22, world number 164, an hour and 29 minutes to beat Frenchwoman Tessah Andrianjafitrimo, 21, world number 257, 6-2 6-2.
In the second round, Cristian will play Latvian Diana Marcinkevica, 28, world number 262, who is up 2-1 in head-to-head matches, all held in 2018.
Compatriot Gabriela Talaba, 25, world number 227, lost on Sunday in the first round to Russian Victoria Kan, 25, world number 220, 6-3 6-3, in one hour and 10 minutes.
Four other Romanians advanced to the second round on Saturday: Elena Gabriela Ruse (will meet Serbian Ivana Jorovic); Irina Bara (will face Australian Seone Mendez); Laura Paar (against Slovak Kristina Kucova) and Alexandra Cadantu (against another Slovak player, Anna Karoline Schmiedlova).
The tournament has a draw of 128, and the players defeated in the first round receive 11,000 US dollars and two WTA singles points, and those who reach the second round secure a check for 18,000 US dollars and 20 WTA points.
Romania's Niculescu, Cristian advance to Prague 125K women's singles second round
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