Cluj-Napoca Open: Qualifier Dart through to quarter-finals
Harriet Dart won against Elisabetta Cocciaretto 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 on Thursday. She’ll face Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz in the next round
Qualifier Harriet Dart beat Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto, the No 5 seed, 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 to reach the last eight of the Cluj-Napoca Open at the BTarena.
Dart, currently ranked No 103, is now set to move back into the top 100 when the rankings are updated next week.
She will play Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz next.
Harriet Dart won against Hungarian lucky loser Anna Bondar (6-4, 7-6) in the previous round of the Cluj-Napoca tournament.
In the previous round of the Cluj-Napoca tournament, Cocciaretto, ranked No 56, won against Colombian qualifier Emiliana Arango (6-0, 6-1).
Cluj-Napoca WTA 250, other second-round results (BTarena, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Camila Osorio vs. Karolina Pliskova
- Clara Tauson vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Sara Errani vs. Tatjana Maria
- Anastasija Sevastova vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Ana Bogdan (8) beat Erika Andreeva (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- Arantxa Rus (1) beat Alize Cornet (Q): 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz beat Anna Blinkova (3): 6-1, 3-6, 6-4