Jaqueline Cristian, the No. 3 seed, advanced to the quarterfinals of the Iasi Open by defeating wildcard Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6-4, 6-7 (1), 6-2 at the Ciric Sports Base on Tuesday.
Cristian, currently ranked No. 61, will now face the No. 5 seed Elina Avanesyan from Russia in the next round.
Prior to her victory, Cristian also won against Italian lucky loser Nuria Brancaccio with a scoreline of 6-2, 6-4.
Ruse, ranked No. 147, had previously defeated Russian player Anastasia Tikhonova (6-3, 5-7, 6-1) in the earlier round of the Iasi tournament.
Results from other second-round matches at the Iasi WTA 250 event at Ciric Sports Base played on clay and with a prize money of USD 267,082 are as follows (with the most recent results listed first):
- Mirra Andreeva (1) defeated Aliaksandra Sasnovich with a score of 6-1, 6-3
- Lea Boskovic (LL) beat Varvara Lepchenko (Q) with a score of 6-3, 6-4
- Elina Avanesyan won against Petra Martic with a score of 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
- Olga Danilovic defeated Anca Todoni with a score of 6-1, 6-1
- Selena Janicijevic (Q) beat Miriam Bulgaru (WC) with a score of 6-2, 7-6 (6)
- Chloe Paquet won against Simona Waltert (Q) with a score of 6-1, 7-5
- Anna Bondar (8) defeated Marina Bassols Ribera with a score of 7-5, 6-4
