Romanian tennis player Laura Ioana Paar qualified for the quarterfinals of the W25 Petange tournament (Luxembourg), with total prize money worth 25,000 USD, after she defeated French player of Romanian descent Victoria Muntean.
In the first round, Paar had won in three sets, 1-6, 7-5, 7-5, to French player Alice Rame (WTA's 414th).
Paar's next opponent will be Swede Marina Yudanov (30, WTA's 536th). The only confrontation between the two was this year, at Stuttgart-Stammheim (ITF, 15,000 USD), which resulted in the Romanian player's victory, in two sets, 6-0, 6-4.