24 February 2016•Update: 24 February 2016
ISTANBUL
Turkey’s Cagla Buyukakcay advanced to the third round of the Qatar Total Open Tuesday defeating last year’s champion and number 7 seed Lucie Safarova from the Czech Republic.
Buyukakcay defeated 2015 French Open finalist 7-6, 7-5, becoming the first Turkish tennis player to advance to the third round of a tennis tournament at the professional level.
The Turkish female athlete, who is currently ranked 162, is set to play Italia's Roberta Vinci in the third round.
