The Romanian-Swiss duo Irina Bara/Naima Karamoko on Thursday progressed to the semifinals of the women's doubles event at the 2026 Axeria Open WTA 125 tennis tournament in Targu Mures, prize money EUR 100,000 euros, after defeating Oana Gavrila/Briana Szabo 6-2 7-6 (7/5).

Bara and Karamoko, victorious after one hour and 36 minutes, won EUR 1,480 euros and 49 WTA doubles points. In the semis, Bara and her partner will meet Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers (Spain)/Lara Salden (Belgium), seeded number two.

Elena Ruxandra Bertea and Russian Ekaterina Kazionova lost in the quarterfinals to Cajisa Hennemann (Sweden)/Sofia Lansere (Russia), 6-4 6-3.

Thursday's results at the Axeria Open (clay):

Singles, round of 16

Mia Ristic (Serbia) beat Elizaveta Kotliar (Ukraine) 2-6 6-2 7-6 (7/4)
[3] Francesca Jones (Great Britain) beat Lucija Ciric Bagaric (Croatia) 7-5 6-3
[4]Lucia Bronzetti (Italy) beat Alevtina Ibragimova (Russia) 6-3 6-2
[5]Laura Samson (Czech Republic) beat Anastasiia Sobolieva (Ukraine) 4-2 (retired Sobolieva)

Doubles, quarterfinals

[4]Irina Bara (Romania)/Naima Karamoko (Switzerland)beat Oana Gavrila/Briana Szabo 6-2 7-6 (7/5)
Cajisa Hennemann (Sweden)/Sofya Lansere (Russia) beat Elena Ruxandra Bertea (Romania)/Ekaterina Kazionova (Russia) 6-4 6-3
[2]Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers (Spain)/Lara Salden (Belgium) beat Aneta Laboutkova (Czech Republic)/Carole Monnet (France) 6-4 6-1. AGERPRES (RO - editing by: Mihai Tenea; EN - writing by: Corneliu-Aurelian Colceriu)

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