Romanian tennis player Irina Begu qualified for the semifinals of the WTA 250 tournament in Cleveland (Ohio) on Thursday, with total prizes of 253,258 dollars, by defeating the Belarusian Aleksandra Sasnovici 6-2, 6-4.
Irina Begu is now 3-0 in the matches with Sasnovici (27 years old, 99 WTA), after defeating her in 2015, in the final in Seoul, with 6-3, 6-1, and this year, in Melbourne ( Gippsland Trophy), 6-2, 6-3, in the second round.
The Romanian secured a check for 10,100 dollars and 110 WTA points.
In the penultimate act, Begu will face the winner between the Russian Daria Kasatkina, the main seed, and the Polish Magda Linette, the 6th seed.