Transylvania Open: Makarova beats home hope Tig to move into quarter-finals
Ekaterina Makarova beat Patricia Maria Tig 6-2, 2-6, 6-3. She’ll face the winner of the match between Eva Lys and Jaqueline Cristian in the next round
Ekaterina Makarova in Strasbourg (Elyxandro Cegarra / Panoramic)
Russian qualifier Ekaterina Makarova beat Romanian Patricia Maria Tig 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the Transylvania Open at the BTarena in Cluj-Napoca.
Makarova, ranked No 213, will face the winner of the match between German Eva Lys and Romanian Jaqueline Cristian next.
The Russian won against Ukrainian Kateryna Baindl, the No 7 seed (6-3, 1-6, 6-1) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Cluj-Napoca tournament, Tig, ranked No 462, defeated Greek qualifier Martha Matoula (6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3).
Cluj-Napoca WTA 250, other second-round results (BTarena, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Eva Lys vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Ana Bogdan vs. Nikola Bartunkova
- Anna Bondar vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
- Tamara Korpatsch vs. Jodie Burrage
- Jil Teichmann vs. Emiliana Arango
- Rebeka Masarova (4) beat Miriam Bulgaru (WC): 3-6, 7-6 (8), 6-0
- Daria Snigur beat Anna-Lena Friedsam: 6-0, 1-6, 6-4
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