Romanian-Hungarian pair Monica Niculescu/Fanny Stollars on Wednesday qualified for the quarterfinals of the doubles event at the WTA 250 tennis tournament in Hobart (Australia), which has a total prize pool of 275,094 US dollars, after defeating American pair Sabrina Santamaria/Sloane Stephens, 5-7, 6-3, 10-4.
Niculescu and Stollars sealed their victories after playing their opponents for one hour and 35 minutes.
Monica Niculescu and her partner received a cheque of 2,540 US dollars and 54 WTA doubles points for reaching this far in the competition.
In the quarterfinals, Niculescu and Stollars will meet 2nd seeded Ulrikke Eikeri (Norway)/Makoto Ninomiya (Japan).
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