Cluj-Napoca Open: Seidel reaches quarter-finals
Ella Seidel won against Anna Blinkova 6-2, 7-6 (5) on Thursday afternoon and will face Russian Anastasia Potapova, the top seed, in the next round
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German qualifier Ella Seidel beat Russian Anna Blinkova 6-2, 7-6 (5) to advance to the last eight of the Cluj-Napoca Open at the BT Arena on Thursday.
Seidel, ranked No 143, will face Russian Anastasia Potapova, the top seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the 19-year-old German won against Romanian Jaqueline Cristian, the No 8 seed (6-4, 6-2).
Blinkova, ranked No 71, won against Spanish qualifier Sara Sorribes Tormo (6-2, 6-2) 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):
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Ana Bogdan
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Peyton Stearns
- Anastasia Potapova beat Viktorija Golubic: 6-4, 7-5
- Katerina Siniakova (5) beat Caroline Dolehide: 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Viktoriya Tomova beat Olga Danilovic (2): 7-5, 7-5
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich (LL) beat Marina Stakusic (Q): 6-3, 7-5
- Anhelina Kalinina (4) beat Suzan Lamens: 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
