Romanian tennis player Irina Begu, 4th seeded, qualified on Wednesday to the quarterfinals of the WTA Shenzhen (China) tournament, featuring prizes worth 626,750 US dollars, after defeating Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.
The Romanian (aged 27, WTA #42) prevailed in two hours and 5 minutes on the 23 year-old Russian (WTA #96).
Begu secured a 13,121 US dollar cheque and 60 WTA points, and will face off against Hungarian Timea Babos, 8th seeded.
Begu is also qualified to the doubles' event quarterfinals, alongside Simona Halep.
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