Lasi Open: Udvardy into last eight
Panna Udvardy beat Reka Luca Jani 6-0, 7-6 (6) on Wednesday evening. She’ll play the winner of the match between Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic, the No 6 seed, and Romanian Alexandra Ignatik in the next round
Second seed Panna Udvardy beat Reka Luca Jani 6-0, 7-6 (6) to advance to the quarter-finals of the Lasi Open at Baza Sportivă Ciric in Iasi on Wednesday evening.
Udvardy, ranked No 93, will face the winner of the match between Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic, the No 6 seed, and Romanian Alexandra Ignatik next.
Panna Udvardy won against Greek Despina Papamichail (6-3, 7-5) in the previous round.
Jani, ranked No 135, had beaten Romanian wildcard Briana Szabo (6-1, 6-2) in the first round.
Iasi WTA 125, other second-round matches (Baza Sportivă Ciric, clay, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Yuki Naito vs. Paula Ormaechea
- Nadia Podoroska vs. Ekaterine Gorgodze
- Ana Bogdan vs. Anastasia Zakharova
- Kristina Mladenovic vs. Alexandra Ignatik
- Maja Chwalinska beat Olga Danilovic (4): 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Darya Astakhova (Q) beat Cristina Dinu (Q): 6-2, 6-2
- Rebeka Masarova beat Nastasja Schunk: 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
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