The couple Monica Niculescu (Romania) / Makoto Ninomiya (Japan) reached the quarterfinals of the “WTA 1000” tournament in Madrid, where they will meet with another Romanian – Gabriela Ruse.
Monica Niculescu, match with Gabriela Ruse in doubles WTA Madrid
After a game that lasted an hour and 32 minutes, the two won after a super tie-break pair of Storm Hunter (Australia) / Elise Mertens (Belgium) with a score of 6-4, 2-6, 10-8.
In the quarterfinals, the couple Niculescu / Ninomiya will play against Gabriela Ruse / Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine) for a place in the semifinals of the competition.
The WTA Mutua Madrid Open takes place from April 25 to May 7 on clay at the Caja Magica complex. It is part of the WTA 1000 category and has a total prize pool of $7,652,174. Gabriela Dabrovsky (Canada) and Juliana Olmos (Mexico) became the doubles champions.
Source: Hot News
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