Antalya Open: Begu books spot in last eight

Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 4 seed, moved into the last 8 of the Antalya Open by winning against Croat Tara Wurth 7-5, 6-2 at the Megasaray Tennis Academy on Thursday.

Begu, ranked No 126, will play Slovenian Polona Hercog next.

The 33-year-old Romanian beat Austrian Sinja Kraus (7-6 (10), 6-1) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the Antalya tournament, Wurth, ranked No 493, won against wildcard Cagla Buyukakcay (6-3, 6-1).

Antalya WTA 125K Series, other second-round results (Megasaray Tennis Academy, clay, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Moyuka Uchijima beat Darja Semenistaja (2): 7-6 (8), 6-0
• Simona Waltert beat Elsa Jacquemot: 6-2, 6-4
• Zeynep Sonmez beat Ella Seidel: 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Polona Hercog beat Timea Babos: 6-1, 7-6 (5)
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (5) beat Leyre Romero Gormaz (Q): 6-1, 7-5
• Polina Kudermetova beat Noma Noha Akugue: 6-3, 3-0 ret.
• Olga Danilovic (7) beat Katarzyna Kawa (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-4