Romanian pair Jaqueline Cristian/Andreea Mitu qualified for the semi-finals of the doubles event of the Transylvania Open tennis tournament, with a total prize money of USD 267,082, after defeating number two seeds Viktoria Hruncakova (Slovakia) and Alexandra Panova (Russia) 6-4, 4-6, 10-7 at the BT Arena in Cluj-Napoca on Wednesday.
Jaqueline Cristian and Andreea Mitu won after one hour and 36 minutes at the only WTA 250 tournament in Romania.
The Romanians secured a cheque worth USD 4,140 and 98 WTA doubles points.
In the penultimate round, Cristian and Mitu will face the winners of Caty McNally/Asia Muhammad (USA) – Ingrid Gamarra Martins (Brazil)/Iana Sizikova (Russia/N.3).
