Romanian tennis player Maria Sara Popa was defeated by Greek Despina Papamichail, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, on Friday, in the quarterfinals of the ITF (W75) tournament in Bucharest, hosted by the ''Simona Halep'' National Tennis Center and with total prizes of 60,000 dollars.
The main seed achieved the victory after three hours of play.
Popa (20 years old, no. 592 WTA) won her first match versus Papamichail (32 years old, no. 222 WTA), last year, in the first round in Chiasso (W15) 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (7/3).
In the penultimate act, Papamichail will encounter Lina Gjorcheska, and Lilli Tagger will play versus Sada Nahimana.
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