Romanian tennis duo Irina Maria Bara - Mihaela Buzarnescu on Monday advanced to the quarter-finals of the women's doubles event at Roland Garros, the second grand slam of the year after defeating US pairing Jennifer Brady / Vania King 6 -4 6-3.
Bara and Buzarnescu won 76,000 euros and 430 WTA doubles points. Their next opponents will be eighth-seeded Hao-Ching Chan (Taiwan) / Zhaoxuan Yang (China) who prevailed over Romanian-Spanish pairing Sorana Cirstea / Sara Sorribes Tormo.