Iasi Open: Ruse beats Tikhonova to move into second round
Elena-Gabriela Ruse beat Tikhonova 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 and will face the winner of the match between Nuria Brancaccio and Jaqueline Cristian in the next round
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Romanian wildcard Elena-Gabriela Ruse beat Russian Anastasia Tikhonova 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 to reach the second round of the Iasi Open at the Ciric Sports Base.
Ruse, ranked No 149, will face the winner of the match between Italian lucky loser Nuria Brancaccio and Romanian Jaqueline Cristian, the No 3 seed, next.
Iasi WTA 250, other first-round results (Ciric Sports Base, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Nuria Brancaccio vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Marie Benoit vs. Anna Bondar
- Varvara Lepchenko vs. Martina Trevisan
- Lea Boskovic vs. Maria Timofeeva
- Gergana Topalova vs. Selena Janicijevic
- Simona Waltert vs. Ekaterina Makarova
- Aliona Falei vs. Anca Todoni
- Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Chloe Paquet
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Petra Martic
- Elina Avanesyan vs. Leyre Romero Gormaz
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Noma Noha Akugue
- Miriam Bulgaru vs. Tatjana Maria
- Anna Blinkova vs. Olga Danilovic: sunday
- Marina Bassols Ribera beat Irina Bara (WC): 6-2, 6-3
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