Tennis: Simona Halep qualifies for quarterfinals of WTA tournament in Birmingham
Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, WTA No 3, on Thursday qualified for the quarterfinals of the WTA grass-court tournament taking place in Birmingham (UK), equipped with total prizes worth 665,900 US dollars, after defeating Klara Koukalova (Czech Republic), 6-1, 6-3, in only 50 minutes.
Simona Halep (23) has secured a 16,725-dollar cheque and 100 WTA points and in the quarterfinals she will play against the winner of the match between Barbora Strycova (the Czech Republic), Seeded 10th, and Kristina Mladenovic (France).
Halep is also scheduled to play on Thursday in the first round of the doubles event, together with British player Heather Watson, against Spanish pair Anabel Medina Garrigues/Arantxa Parra Santonja.AGERPRES
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