The pair consisting of Monica Niculescu and the Belgian Kimberly Zimmermann on Monday qualified for the 1/8 finals of the doubles of the WTA 1000 tournament in Dubai.
Niculescu and Zimmermann outlasted the team of Linda Fruhvirtova / Kaia Kanepi (Czech Republic / Estonia) 3-6, 6-4, 11-9 after an hour and 36 minutes of play.
In the 1/8 finals of the competition, Monica Niculescu and her partner will meet the couple Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) / Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan).
The favorite to win the tournament is the pair formed by Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula.
The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships runs from February 19 to 25 on hard, is part of the “WTA 1000” category and has a total prize pool of $2,788,468. Veronika Kudermetova and Elise Mertens won the women’s doubles title.
Source: Hot News
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