Cluj-Napoca Open: Sasnovich advances to last eight
Aliaksandra Sasnovich won against Marina Stakusic 6-3, 7-5 on Wednesday and will play Anhelina Kalinina, the No 4 seed, next
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Belarusian lucky loser Aliaksandra Sasnovich defeated Canadian qualifier Marina Stakusic 6-3, 7-5 to move into the last eight of the Cluj-Napoca Open at the BT Arena on Wednesday.
Sasnovich, ranked No 128, will play Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina, the No 4 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the Belarusian edged out Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, the No 6 seed (6-7, 7-5, 6-4).
Stakusic, ranked No 119, edged out Romanian Sorana Cirstea (6-1, 1-6, 6-4) in the previous round of the Cluj-Napoca tournament.
Cluj-Napoca WTA 250, other second-round results (BT Arena, hard, USD 275.094, most recent results first):
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Caroline Dolehide
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Peyton Stearns
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Ana Bogdan
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Viktorija Golubic
- Viktoriya Tomova vs. Olga Danilovic
- Anhelina Kalinina beat Suzan Lamens: 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
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