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With her hometown fans watching, Samson is
playing in her first WTA tournament this week and her 11th pro
event. She had not played an opponent ranked in the Top 200
before facing Siniakova, ranked No. 38.
In the quarterfinals, the No. 634 Samson will take on Russian
Oksana Selekhmeteva, a 6-1, 6-2 winner over Kathinka von
Deichmann of Liechtenstein. Top-seeded Czech Linda Noskova and
sixth seed Magdalena Frech of Poland both advanced when their
opponents retired. Others to advance Tuesday included
third-seeded Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine, fourth-seeded Magda
Linette of Poland, fifth-seeded Viktoriya Tomova of Bulgaria and
Germany's Ella Seidel.
UniCredit Iasi Open
Top seed Mirra Andreeva needed just 72 minutes to cruise to a
6-1, 6-3 win over Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus in Iasi,
Romania.
The Russian didn't face a break point while capitalizing on four
of her eight chances to break Sasnovich's serve.
No. 3 seed Jaqueline Cristian outlasted Romanian countrywoman
Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6-4, 6-7 (1), 6-2 in three hours and two
minutes. Fifth seed Elina Avanesyan of Russia beat Croatia's
Petra Martic 6-2, 5-7, 6-4.
Other winners were No. 8 seed Anna Bondar of Hungary, Lea
Boskovic of Croatia, Serbian Olga Danilovic and Frenchwomen
Chloe Paquet and Selena Janicijevic.
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