Romanian tennis player Irina Bara on Thursday progressed to the quarter-finals of the women's singles event at the 115,000 US-dollar WTA125 Argentina Open tournament in Buenos Aires, after defeating Brazil's Carolina Alves 7-5 6-3, agerpres reports.
For her performance so far, the Romanian won 3,475 US dollars and 29 WTA singles points. In the quarter-finals she will play Hungarian Panna Udvardy, 23, world number 128 WTA.
Bara won her only meet with Udvardy, in 2016, in Gyor, 3-6 6-3 6-2.
Bara also advanced to the doubles quarter-finals, teamed up with with Ekaterine Gorgodze of Georgia.