The Romanian tennis player Monica Niculescu and the British Alicia Barnett qualified, on Tuesday, in the quarterfinals of the doubles event of the WTA250 259,303 USD-tournament in Hobart (Australia), after defeating the couple Xinyun Han (China)/Tamara Korpatsch (Germany) 6-7 (2) 6-3 10-7.
Niculescu and Barnett prevailed after almost two hours of play (1 h 53 min).
Monica Niculescu and Alicia Barnett secured a $2,400 cheque and 60 WTA points in doubles, going on to play in the quarters against Viktorija Golubic (Switzerland)/Panna Udvardy (Hungary).AGERPRES