Cluj-Napoca Open: Top seed Potapova strolls into last 4

Russian Anastasia Potapova, the top seed, won against German qualifier Ella Seidel 6-2, 6-3 to move into the last four of the Cluj-Napoca Open at the BT Arena on Friday evening.

Potapova, ranked No 32, will face Belarusian lucky loser Aliaksandra Sasnovich next.

In the previous rounds of the Cluj-Napoca tournament, the Russian beat Austrian Julia Grabher (6-4, 6-0) and Swiss Viktorija Golubic (6-4, 7-5).

Seidel, ranked No 143, defeated Romanian Jaqueline Cristian, the No 8 seed (6-4, 6-2) and Russian Anna Blinkova (6-2, 7-6 (5)) earlier in the tournament.

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

• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Katerina Siniakova (5) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-3, 7-6 (7)
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Anhelina Kalinina (4): 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3)