Irina Begu and Raluca Olaru, through to BRD Bucharest Open women's doubles semi-finals

The Romanian pairing made up of Irina Begu and Raluca Olaru on Wednesday secured their participation in the women's doubles semi-finals of the 226,750-USD BRD Bucharest Open tennis tournament, after a two-set victory against Jessica Moore (Australia)/Prarthana Thombare (India), 6-0 6-2.

It took the top-seed duo only 59 minutes to advance to the semi-finals, where they will meet the winner between Jaqueline Cristian (Romania)/Cristina Dinu (Romania) and Katarzyna Piter (Poland)/Marina Zanevska (Belgium).

For advancing to the quarter-finals, Irina Begu and Raluca Olaru will receive 3,435 USD and 110 WTA doubles points.