Romanian wildcard Elena-Gabriela Ruse defeated Russian Anastasia Tikhonova 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Iasi Open at the Ciric Sports Base.
Ruse, who is currently ranked 149th, will next face the winner of the match between Italian lucky loser Nuria Brancaccio and Romanian Jaqueline Cristian, the No. 3 seed.
Iasi WTA 250, other first-round results (Ciric Sports Base, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Nuria Brancaccio vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Marie Benoit vs. Anna Bondar
- Varvara Lepchenko vs. Martina Trevisan
- Lea Boskovic vs. Maria Timofeeva
- Gergana Topalova vs. Selena Janicijevic
- Simona Waltert vs. Ekaterina Makarova
- Aliona Falei vs. Anca Todoni
- Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Chloe Paquet
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Petra Martic
- Elina Avanesyan vs. Leyre Romero Gormaz
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Noma Noha Akugue
- Miriam Bulgaru vs. Tatjana Maria
- Anna Blinkova vs. Olga Danilovic: Sunday
- Marina Bassols Ribera beat Irina Bara (WC): 6-2, 6-3
