Chisinau this week hosts the second tournament of the ITF Pro Circuit series. After last week Adriana Sosnovski reached the quarterfinals, this week she continued to achieve remarkable results among the Moldovan athletes. Today, the 18-year-old tennis player managed to eliminate Russia’s Olga Puchkova, who is favorite No. 4, in the first round, IPN reports.

Adriana Sosnovski won by two sets 7-5, 6-3 and in the next round will play against Romania’s Teodora Stanga. Another two Moldovan athletes, Iulia Helbet and Alexandra Zaichenko, were eliminated.

In the doubles, the pair Sosnovski/Detiuc easily defeated Gevel and Padabed, losing one game only 6-1, 6-0. The prize money of the ITF Pro Circuit tournament is US$10,000.