Cluj-Napoca Open: Cornet sets up second round clash against top seed Rus
Alize Cornet won against Yanina Wickmayer 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 on Tuesday and will play Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus, the top seed, in the next round
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French qualifier Alize Cornet moved into the second round of the Cluj-Napoca Open by defeating Belgian Yanina Wickmayer 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 at the BTarena on Tuesday.
Cornet, ranked No 104 in the world, will face Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus, the top seed, next.
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Cluj-Napoca WTA 250, other first-round results (BTarena, hard, USD 267,082):
- Harriet Dart (Q) beat Anna Bondar (LL): 6-4, 7-6
- Arantxa Rus beat Greet Minnen: 7-5, 6-1
- Ana Bogdan (8) beat Alycia Parks: 7-5, 7-5
- Anna Blinkova (3) beat Simona Waltert (Q): 6-3, 6-0
- Clara Tauson beat Nadia Podoroska (9): 6-3, 6-1
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz beat Laura Siegemund: 6-4, 6-4
- Camila Osorio beat Viktoriya Tomova (7): 6-2, 6-4
- Sara Errani vs. Catherine McNally
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Emiliana Arango
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Sinja Kraus
- Miriam Bulgaru vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Anastasija Sevastova vs. Andreea Mitu
- Anca Alexia Todoni vs. Erika Andreeva
- Tamara Korpatsch vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Zhuoxuan Bai vs. Tatjana Maria
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