The Romanian-Spanish pair Monica Niculescu/Cristina Bucsa qualified, on Tuesday, for the quarterfinals of the doubles event of the WTA 500 tennis tournament in Tokyo, with total prizes of 922,573 dollars, after 4- 6, 6-4, 10-8 with the couple Tereza Mihalikova (Slovakia)/Olivia Nicholls (Great Britain), told Agerpres.
Niculescu and Bucsa, the number four seeds, won after one hour and 43 minutes.
Monica Niculescu and Cristina Bucsa, champions this year in Strasbourg and finalists this weekend in Osaka, secured a cheque for 8,510 dollars and 108 WTA doubles points.
In the quarterfinals, Niculescu and her partner will meet the winners of the Shuko Aoyama/Eri Hozumi (Japan) – Giuliana Olmos (Mexico)/Alexandra Panova (Russia) match.