Romanian tennis player Monica Niculescu and Russian Vitalia Diatcenko were defeated by Slovenian pair Dalila Jakupovic/Nika Radisic, 7-5, 6-7 (4/7), 11-9, on Thursday, in the quarterfinals of the WTA 125 tournament in Samsun (Turkey), with total prizes of 115,000 dollars.
Niculescu and her partner lost after two hours and 11 minutes, in front of the number three seeds.
The Romanian-Russian pair missed two match points in the super tiebreak, at the score of 9-7, the Slovenians then winning four consecutive points.
Niculescu and Diatcenko received a cheque for 1,175 dollars and 27 WTA points in doubles.
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