Golubic wins longest WTA match of year against Rus in Cluj
The Swiss reached the second round after a battle that lasted three hours, 30 minutes
Viktorija Golubic
Swiss Viktorija Golubic moved into the second round of the Cluj-Napoca Open by edging out Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (10) at the BT Arena on Tuesday.
Golubic, ranked No 113, will play Russian Anastasia Potapova, the top seed, 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
- Ana Bogdan vs. Jodie Burrage
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Peyton Stearns
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
- Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Anna Blinkova
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
- Olga Danilovic (2) beat Alycia Parks: 6-3, 6-3
- Anastasia Potapova 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
