Romania's Begu and Niculescu duo advance to Toyota Thailand Open women's doubles semis

Romanian duo Irina Begu and Monica Niculescu, 2nd seed, qualified on Wednesday for the semifinals of the women's doubles of the WTA tennis tournament in Hua Hin, Thailand (Toyota Thailand Open) with prizes worth 250,000 US dollars, after defeating the pair made up of Japan's Kurumi Nara and China's Saisai Zheng, with a score of 6-2, 7-5.

Begu and Niculescu secured a cheque worth 3,435 US dollars and 110 WTA points.

The Romanian nationals' opponents will be established after the matches scheduled to take place on Wednesday and Thursday in the women's doubles event.