Iasi Open: Avanesyan battles past Martic to reach last eight
Elina Avanesyan beat Petra Martic 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 and will play the winner of the match between Elena-Gabriela Ruse and Jaqueline Cristian in the next round
Avanesyan, Roland-Garros, 2023 Zuma / Panorama
Russian Elina Avanesyan, the No 5 seed, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Iasi Open by edging out Croat Petra Martic 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 at the Ciric Sports Base.
Avanesyan, ranked No 76, will play the winner of the match between wildcard Elena-Gabriela Ruse and No 3 seed Jaqueline Cristian next.
The 21-year-old Russian beat Spaniard Leyre Romero Gormaz (6-1, 6-2) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Iasi tournament, Martic, ranked No 97, won against Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz (6-4, 6-4).
Iasi WTA 250, other second-round results (Ciric Sports Base, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich: tuesday
- Lea Boskovic (LL) beat Varvara Lepchenko (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Olga Danilovic beat Anca Todoni: 6-1, 6-1
- Selena Janicijevic (Q) beat Miriam Bulgaru (WC): 6-2, 7-6 (6)
- Chloe Paquet beat Simona Waltert (Q): 6-1, 7-5
- Anna Bondar (8) beat Marina Bassols Ribera: 7-5, 6-4
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