Romania's Olaru advances to Rogers Cup women's doubles round of 16

Romanian-Chinese duo Raluca Olaru/Zhaoxuan Yang on Tuesday advanced to the round of 16 of the women's doubles event at the 2.83-million-USD Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Toronto, Canada, after defeating Sofia Kenin (USA)/Anastasija Sevastova (Latvia) 6-1 3-6 12-10. Olaru and Yang prevailed in one hour and 16 minutes, despite having double-faulted nine times. Olaru and Yang secured a cheque worth 9,530 US dollars and 105 WTA doubles points, and in the next round they will play against top seed Czech pairing Barbora Krejcikova/Katarina Siniakova. AGERPRES (RO - author: Mihai Tenea, editor: Vlad Constantinescu; EN - author: Corneliu-Aurelian Colceriu, editor: Rodica State)