Romanian tennis players Stefania Bojica, second seed, and Carmen Andreea Herea on Tuesday advanced to the women’ singles second round at the Brasov Cup W15 ITF tournament organised by Tennis Club Olimpia, prize pool USD 15,000, write Agerpres.
As many as 15 Romanian players made it to the main singles draw, with the top seeds being 2nd seed Stefania Bojica, 6th seed Simona Ogescu, and 7th seed Briana Szabo. Tuesday results: singles, first round Giulia Carbonaro (Italy) beat N.8 Irene Lavino 3-6 6-3 6-4 Nicole Fossa Huergo (Italy) beat Anastasia Safta 6-3 7-6 (7/3) Gaia Squarcialupi (Italy) beat Gloria Ceschi (Italy) 6-4 3-6 6-4 Carmen Andreea Herea beat N.7 Briana Szabo 6-3 2-0 (Szabo withdrew) Linda Sevcikova (Czech Republic) beat Andreea Stefania Dinca 6-1 6-0 N.2 Stefania Bojica beat Ioana Zvonaru 0-6 6-4 7-6 (7/4) doubles, first round Stefania Bojica/Iulia Andreea Ionescu beat Alessia Popescu (Romania)/Sarah Tatu (Great Britain) 6-0 6-2 N.3 Alexandra Azarka (Belarus)/Stefana Lazar (Romania) beat Daria Stefania Malaescu (Romania)/Beverley Nyangon (France) 6-3 6-2 Ada Piestrzynska (Poland)/Anastasia Safta (Romania) beat Bianca-Georgiana Bortoi/Andreea Diana Popa 6-1 6-1 N.2 Simona Ogescu (Romania)/Linda Sevcikova (Czech Republic) beat Chiara Fornasieri/Gaia Parravicini (Italy) 5-7 6-4 10-4
