Palermo Open: Begu breezes past Rus to move into last eight
Irina-Camelia Begu beat Arantxa Rus 6-2, 7-5. She’ll face the winner of the match between Russian Erika Andreeva and American Ann Li in the next round
Irina-Camelia Begu, 2024
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Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu reached the quarter-finals of the Palermo Open by winning against Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus, the No 5 seed, 6-2, 7-5 at A.S.D. Country Time Club.
Begu, ranked No 142, will play the winner of the match between Russian Erika Andreeva and American Ann Li next.
The 33-year-old Romanian defeated Spaniard Marina Bassols Ribera (6-0, 6-0) in the previous round of the Palermo tournament.
During the first round of the Palermo tournament, Rus, ranked No 62, beat Italian Martina Trevisan (6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2).
Palermo WTA 250, other second-round results (A.S.D. Country Time Club, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Erika Andreeva vs. Ann Li
- Chloe Paquet vs. Maria Lourdes Carle
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Petra Martic
- Astra Sharma vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
- Noma Noha Akugue vs. Karolina Muchova
- Diane Parry vs. Jil Teichmann: wednesday
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