August 15, 2025

Open Court

MORE TENNIS THAN YOU'LL EVER NEED

There were a couple of holdovers of local interest in Iasi, Romania Wednesday, because of rain delays.

So veterans Irina-Camelia Begu and Sorana Cirstea looked to book spots in the quarterfinals there. And they made it – so did another Romanian, No. 2 seed Jaqueline Cristian.

In Hamburg, top seeds Ekaterina Alexandrova and Dayana Yastremska did the same.

(Hamburg is 6 hours ahead of EDT; Iasi is 7 hours ahead)

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MSC Hamburg Ladies Open
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Surface: Clay
Category: WTA 500
Dates:
Jully 14 – 20, 2025
Prize money: $275,094
Draws: S32 – D16

Thursday, July 17, 2025
Final results

 

Singles, second round

[1/WC] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) def [Q] Caroline Werner (GER) 62 62

[2] Dayana Yastremska (UKR) def Diane Parry (FRA) 61 64

[7] Anna Bondar (HUN) def. Sinja Kraus (AUT) 63 62

 

Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) def Astra Sharma (AUS) 61 61

 

 

Doubles, quarterfinals

[1] Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) / Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) def. Irina Bara (ROU) / Raluka Serban (CYP) 64 75

 

Anna Bondar (HUN) / Arantxa Rus (NED) def Sabrina Santamaria (USA) / Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) 64 76 (3)

 

 

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Unicredit Iasi Open
Location: Iasi, Romania
Surface: Clay
Category: WTA 250
Dates:
July 14 – 20, 2025
Prize money: $275,094
Draws: S32 – D16 

Thursday, July 17, 2025
Final results

 

Singles, second round

Maria Lourdes Carlé (ARG) def [1] Elina Avanesyan (ARM) 76 (4) 62

Sorana Cirstea (ROU) def [5] Varvara Gracheva (FRA) 62 64 

Panna Udvardy (HUN) def [8] Francesca Jones (GBR) 64 63

 

[2] Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) def. Jana Fett (CRO) 41 retd 

[7] Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) def. Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (AND) 36 63 63

 

 

Simona Waltert (SUI) def [Q] Irene Burillo (ESP) 64 76 (2)

 

 

  

Doubles, quarterfinals

Maria Lourdes Carlé (ARG) / Simona Waltert (SUI) def. [2] Quinn Gleason (USA) / Ingrid Gamarra Martins (BRA) 36 62 [10-7]

Veronika Erjavec (SLO) / Panna Udvardy (HUN) def. [4] Maja Chwalinska (POL) / Anastasia Detiuc (CZE) 75 61

 

 

 

Doubles, first round

[3] Emily Appleton (GBR) / Isabelle Haverlag (NED) def. [WC] Georgia Craciun / Andreea Prisacariu (ROU) 62 63

 

Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers / Alicia Herrero Linana (ESP) def Jessie Aney / Jessica Failla (USA) 36 63 [10-7]

 

 

 

 

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