Second seed Kalinina breezes into last eight at Transylvania Open

Number two seed Anhelina Kalinina cruised through to the last eight of the Transylvania Open on Thursday thanks to a straight sets victory over Ysaline Bonaventure.

The Ukrainian barely had to break sweat on her way to a 6-3 6-2 triumph to set up a quarter-final meeting with Anna Blinkova, who beat Xinyu Wang 6-4 2-6 6-1.

Fourth seed Anastasia Potapova had an equally comfortable time in her last-16 match against Viktorija Golubic in Cluj, strolling to a 6-2 6-3 win.

Xiyu Wang, seeded seventh, had a tougher time in her meeting with Elena-Gabriela Ruse, the Chinese player ultimately overcoming her Romanian opponent 6-1 6-7 (8-10) 7-6 (8-6).

In Thursday's other match, Nuria Parrizas Diaz beat Dalma Galfi 6-1 6-4.

Trucking along in Transylvania No.2 seed @angie_kalinina is into the Cluj quarterfinals for a second straight year!#TO2022 pic.twitter.com/H3JIzDgAKp
— wta (@WTA) October 13, 2022