The pairing of Romanian Monica Niculescu and Spaniard Cristina Bucsa on Friday got through to the final of the doubles event of the WTA 500 Internationaux de Strasbourg tennis tournament – with a purse of EUR 802,237 – following their 6-1, 6-4 win over the second-seeded duo of Demi Schuurs (Netherlands) / Luisa Stefani (Brazil).

Niculescu and Bucsa, the Spanish player born in Chisinau, Rep. Moldova, claimed the victory in one hour and 14 minutes, securing a cheque for EUR 24,970 and 325 WTA doubles points.

In the final, Niculescu and Bucsa will play the winners of the match Leylah Fernandez (Canada) / Erin Routliffe (New Zealand) and Asia Muhammad (US) / Aldila Sutjiadi (Indonesia).

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