Romania's Begu advances to BRD Bucharest Open women's singles semi-finals

Romania's Irina Begu, seventh-seeded, on Friday advanced to the women's singles semi-finals of the 226,750-USD BRD Bucharest Open tennis tournament after defeating France's Pauline Parmentier, world number 107, 7-5 6-0.

World number 58 Begu has won 11,300 US dollars and 110 WTA singles points for her performance so far. In the semi-finals, she meets second-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain, world number 34.