Romanian tennis player Alexandra Dulgheru advanced on Wednesday to the round of sixteen of the Playford (Australia) ITF tournament featuring 25,000 US dollars in prize money, after defeating Chinese Lin Zhu, first seeded, 0-6, 7-5, 6-2.
Dulgheru (aged 28, WTA #191) prevailed over Lin Zhu (23, WTA#114) in one hour and 57 minutes.
The Romanian player will play against Russian Vera Zvonareva (33, WTA#202) to whom the Romanian lost all three confrontations, in 2011's third round at the US Open, in 2011's quarterfinals in Brussels and in 2012's first round of the Australian Open.
On Wednesday, Jaqueline Adina Cristian was defeated in the first round, 6-3, 6-3, by Canadian player of Romanian descend Bianca Andreescu.
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