The No 3 seed, Romanian Jaqueline Cristian, secured her spot in the second round of the Iasi Open with a victory over Italian lucky loser Nuria Brancaccio. Cristian, ranked No 66, triumphed with a score of 6-2, 6-4 at the Ciric Sports Base on Monday. She will now face Romanian wildcard Elena-Gabriela Ruse in the next round.
Here are the latest first-round results from the Iasi WTA 250 tournament at Ciric Sports Base on clay, with a prize of USD 267,082:
- Varvara Lepchenko (Q) defeated Martina Trevisan (6) with a score of 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
- Lea Boskovic (LL) beat Maria Timofeeva: 7-5, 6-1
- Anna Bondar (8) won against Marie Benoit (Q) with a score of 6-3, 6-1
- Selena Janicijevic (Q) defeated Gergana Topalova (Q) with a score of 6-1, 6-2
- Anca Todoni won against Aliona Falei (Q) with a score of 5-0 (ret.)
- Simona Waltert (Q) beat Ekaterina Makarova with a score of 6-2, 6-2
- Chloe Paquet defeated Maria Lourdes Carle (7) with a score of 6-4, 6-2
- Petra Martic beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz with a score of 6-4, 6-4
- Elina Avanesyan (5) won against Leyre Romero Gormaz with a score of 6-1, 6-2
- Mirra Andreeva (1) beat Noma Noha Akugue with a score of 6-1, 6-2
- Miriam Bulgaru (WC) defeated Tatjana Maria (2) with a score of 6-4, 6-2
- Olga Danilovic beat Anna Blinkova (4) with a score of 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
- Marina Bassols Ribera defeated Irina Bara (WC) with a score of 6-2, 6-3
- Elena-Gabriela Ruse won against Anastasia Tikhonova with a score of 6-3, 5-7, 6-1
