Elena Pridankina and Anastasia Tikhonova defeated the Croatian-Russian pair of Mariana Drazic / Ksenia Zaytseva 6-7(5) 7-6(3) 1-0(7) in the round of 16 of the WTA 125 tournament in Ankara, which is being played on hard court. The match lasted 113 minutes.
Pridankina and Tikhonova are seeded No. 1 and are ranked 196th with 408 points. Earlier in this same section of the draw, the pair had already faced their opponents and beaten them. This was the only head-to-head meeting between the two duos.