Cluj-Napoca Open: Potapova through to last eight

Russian Anastasia Potapova, the top seed, defeated Swiss Viktorija Golubic 6-4, 7-5 to move into the quarter-finals of the Cluj-Napoca Open at the BT Arena on Thursday afternoon.

Potapova, ranked No 32, will play the winner of the match between Russian Anna Blinkova and German qualifier Ella Seidel next.

In the previous round of the Cluj-Napoca tournament, the Russian won against Austrian Julia Grabher (6-4, 6-0).

Golubic, ranked No 113, edged out Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus (7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (10)) in the previous round of the Cluj-Napoca tournament.

Cluj-Napoca WTA 250, other second-round results (BT Arena, hard, USD 275.094, most recent results first):

• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Ana Bogdan
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Peyton Stearns
• Anna Blinkova vs. Ella Seidel
• Katerina Siniakova (5) beat Caroline Dolehide: 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Viktoriya Tomova beat Olga Danilovic (2): 7-5, 7-5
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich (LL) beat Marina Stakusic (Q): 6-3, 7-5
• Anhelina Kalinina (4) beat Suzan Lamens: 1-6, 6-4, 6-4