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Tennis: Eight Romanians qualify for round of 16 at Brasov Open
Half of the players qualified for the round of 16 of the Brasov Open (ITF) tennis tournament, organised by the Olimpia Tennis Club in Brasov and endowed with total prizes of USD 15,000, are Romanian, told Agerpres.
Stefania Bojica (1), Maria Sara Popa (3), Bianca Elena Barbulescu, Carmen Andreea Herea, Alexia Iulia Marginean, Anastasia Safta, Selma Stefania Cadar, Daria Stefania Malaescu are the eight players who won on Monday and Tuesday.
Romania had 16 players on the main draw.
Tuesday's results:
singles, first round
Selma Stefania Cadar - Tamara Kostic (Austria/N.7) 6-4, 6-3
Doha Turkmen (Turkey) - Sabina Dadaciu 6-3, 6-4
Jana Bojovic (Serbia/N.6) - Gloria Ceschi (Italy) 6-1, 6-1
Anastasia Safta - Alexia Lavinia Puiac 6-3, 6-0
Alexia Iulia Marginean - Ioana Zvonaru 6-2, 2-0 (Zvonaru abandoned)
Carmen Andreea Herea - Alexandra Azarko (Belarus) 6-4, 6-1
Denise Valente (Italy/N.5) - Ioana Miruna Cristea 6-1, 6-4
Maria Sara Popa (N.3) - Maria Daciana Ciubotaru 6-2, 6-1
Nicole Fossa Huergo (Italy) - Simona Ogescu (N.8) 6-4, 6-0
Linda Sevcikova (Czech Republic) - Julia Stamatova (Bulgaria/N.4) 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
Giulia Carbonaro (Italy) - Alisa Baranovska (Ukraine) 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (7/5)
Laia Petretic (France/N.2) - Alessia Popescu 6-3, 6-2
doubles, 1st round
Nicole Fossa Huergo (Italy)/Bojana Marinkovic (Serbia/N.1) - Selma Stefania Cadar (Romania)/Anastasia Zapariniuk (Ukraine) 5-7, 7-6 (7/0), 10-6
Elena Bogdan/Cristina Ene - Gloria Ceschi/Gaia Squarcialupi (Italy) 4-6, 6-1, 10-4
Sofia Maria Barbulescu/Maria Daciana Ciubotaru - Andreea Stefania Dinca/Crissy Alexia Tudora 6-3, 6-0
Bianca Elena Barbulescu (Romania)/Linda Sevcikova (Czech Republic/N.4) - Ana-Maria Gavrilovici/Andreea Elena Iordachi 6-0, 6-1
Iulia Andreea Ionescu/Anastasia Safta - Tamara Kostic (Austria)/Simona Ogescu (Romania/N.3) 7-6 (14/12), 2-6, 11-9
