Antalya Open: Begu advances to last four
Irina-Camelia Begu defeated Polona Hercog 6-4, 6-4 on Friday. She’ll play Japanese Moyuka Uchijima in the next round
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Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 4 seed, defeated Slovenian Polona Hercog 6-4, 6-4 to move into the last four of the Antalya Open at the Megasaray Tennis Academy on Friday.
Begu, ranked No 126, will play Japanese Moyuka Uchijima next.
In the previous rounds of the Antalya tournament, the 33-year-old Romanian won against Austrian Sinja Kraus (7-6 (10), 6-1) and Croat Tara Wurth (7-5, 6-2).
Hercog, ranked No 213, won against No 6 seed Sara Bejlek (7-6 (5), 6-3) and Hungarian Timea Babos (6-1, 7-6 (5)) earlier in the tournament.
Antalya WTA 125K Series, other quarter-finals results (Megasaray Tennis Academy, clay, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Moyuka Uchijima beat Zeynep Sonmez: 6-1, 6-1
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (5) beat Polina Kudermetova: 2-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Simona Waltert beat Olga Danilovic (7): 7-6 (4), 6-2
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