Romania's Begu defeats fellow Cristian to advance to BRD Bucharest Open women's singles QF

Romania's tennis player Irina Begu, world number 58, on Thursday defeated wildcard holder Jaqueline Cristian, 19, world number 341, to reach the quarter-finals of the women's singles event at the BRD Bucharest Open tournament.

Seventh-seed Irina Begu, the second Romanian player to made it to the event's quarter-finals after Ana Bogdan, will get 5,900 USD and 60 WTA single points for her performance. Her next opponent is France's Pauline Parmentier, who beat fifth-seeded Elise Mertens of Belgium 3-6 6-4 6-4 on Thursday.