Cluj-Napoca Open: Sasnovich reaches second round
Aliaksandra Sasnovich edged out Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-7, 7-5, 6-4 on Tuesday and will face Canadian qualifier Marina Stakusic in the next round
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Belarusian lucky loser Aliaksandra Sasnovich edged out Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, the No 6 seed, 6-7, 7-5, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Cluj-Napoca Open at the BT Arena on Tuesday afternoon.
Sasnovich, ranked No 128, will face Canadian qualifier Marina Stakusic next.
Cluj-Napoca WTA 250, other first-round results (BT Arena, hard, USD 275.094, most recent results first):
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Francesca Jones
- Ella Seidel vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Simona Halep vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Peyton Stearns
- Ana Bogdan vs. Jodie Burrage
- Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Anna Blinkova
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto (7) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 6-3, 7-5
- Olga Danilovic (2) beat Alycia Parks: 6-3, 6-3
- Viktorija Golubic beat Arantxa Rus: 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (10)
- Anastasia Potapova (1) beat Julia Grabher: 6-4, 6-0
- Marina Stakusic beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-1, 1-6, 6-4
- Anhelina Kalinina (4) beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (WC): 6-2, 6-3
- Caroline Dolehide beat Daria Snigur (Q): 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
- Suzan Lamens beat Anna Bondar (Q): 7-6 (2), 7-6 (6)
- Viktoriya Tomova beat Mayar Sherif: 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
