Upper Austria Ladies: Cirstea fights back from a set down to progress into second round

Romanian Sorana Cirstea won against Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the second round of the Upper Austria Ladies at the TipsArena in Linz on Monday evening.

Cirstea, ranked No 70, will face the winner of the match between Dane Clara Tauson, the No 8 seed, and Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina next.

Linz WTA 500, other first-round results (TipsArena, hard, USD 1.064.510, most recent results first):

• Sinja Kraus vs. Anna Blinkova
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Eva Lys vs. Petra Martic
• Julia Grabher vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Anastasia Zakharova
• Rebecca Sramkova vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Lulu Sun vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Clara Tauson vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Mayar Sherif vs. Antonia Ruzic
• Viktoriya Tomova beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 7-6 (7), 6-4