Romanian tennis duo Elena Gabriela Ruse/Jaqueline Cristian on Thursday advanced to the women's doubles final event at the 60,000-USD W60 Andrezieux-Boutheon ITF tournament in Andrezieux-Boutheon, France, after defeating Yana Sizikova (Russia)/Nina Stojanovic (Serbia) 6-1 4-6 10-8.
In the final, Ruse and Cristian will play Ekaterine Gorgodze (Georgia)/Raluca Serban (Cyprus), who defeated Spanish pairing Marina Bassols Ribera/Nuria Parrizas-Diaz 6-4 6-0 in the semi-finals.