Eliza Samara brought Romania the second victory at the European Cup Top 16, beating Barbora Balazova with a score of 4:2.

Elizaveta SamaraPhoto: Nikku / Xinhua News / Profimedia

Eliza Samara defeated Barbora Balazova in the 1/8 finals of the European Cup Top-16

After Bernadette Shox reached the quarter-finals earlier on Saturday, Eliza Samara followed suit by making it to the final 8 players of the European Cup Top 16.

The Romanian won the match in 6 sets (10-12, 11-4, 11-6, 5-11, 15-13 and 11-9).

Eliza Samara will play against France’s Jia Nan Yuan in the quarterfinals. She won the match against Xialang Ni (Netherlands) 4-2 (6-11, 11-4, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8, 11-1).

If she gets past Jia Nan Yuan and Bernadette Shox wins the quarter against Natalia Bayor, we will have a 100% Romanian semi-final between Shox and Samara.