Antalya Open: Begu books spot in last eight
Irina-Camelia Begu defeated Tara Wurth 7-5, 6-2 on Thursday and will play Slovenian Polona Hercog in the next round
Irina-Camelia Begu – (c) AI / Reuters / Panoramic
Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 4 seed, moved into the last 8 of the Antalya Open by winning against Croat Tara Wurth 7-5, 6-2 at the Megasaray Tennis Academy on Thursday.
Begu, ranked No 126, will play Slovenian Polona Hercog next.
The 33-year-old Romanian beat Austrian Sinja Kraus (7-6 (10), 6-1) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Antalya tournament, Wurth, ranked No 493, won against wildcard Cagla Buyukakcay (6-3, 6-1).
Antalya WTA 125K Series, other second-round results (Megasaray Tennis Academy, clay, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Moyuka Uchijima beat Darja Semenistaja (2): 7-6 (8), 6-0
- Simona Waltert beat Elsa Jacquemot: 6-2, 6-4
- Zeynep Sonmez beat Ella Seidel: 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Polona Hercog beat Timea Babos: 6-1, 7-6 (5)
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (5) beat Leyre Romero Gormaz (Q): 6-1, 7-5
- Polina Kudermetova beat Noma Noha Akugue: 6-3, 3-0 ret.
- Olga Danilovic (7) beat Katarzyna Kawa (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-4
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