Cluj-Napoca Open: Stearns books spot in second round
Peyton Stearns beat Varvara Gracheva 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Tuesday evening and will play Italian Lucia Bronzetti in the next round
Peyton Stearns, Berlin 2023
American Peyton Stearns, the No 3 seed, moved into the second round of the Cluj-Napoca Open by winning against Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 at the BT Arena on Tuesday evening.
Stearns, ranked No 46, will face Italian Lucia Bronzetti next.
Cluj-Napoca WTA 250, other first-round results (BT Arena, hard, USD 275.094, most recent results first):
- Ella Seidel vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Francesca Jones
- Lucia Bronzetti beat Simona Halep (WC): 6-1, 6-1
- Anna Blinkova beat Sara Sorribes Tormo (Q): 6-2, 6-2
- Ana Bogdan (WC) beat Jodie Burrage: 6-2, 6-3
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto (7) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 6-3, 7-5
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich (LL) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (6): 6-7, 7-5, 6-4
- 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 (Q) 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
