‘s-Hertogenbosch Open: Ruse moves into last 8
Elena-Gabriela Ruse won against Carson Branstine 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday. She’ll face the winner of the match between Canadian wildcard Bianca Andreescu and New Zealander Lulu Sun, the No 7 seed, in the next round
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Romanian qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse moved into the quarter-finals of the’s-Hertogenbosch Open by beating Canadian qualifier Carson Branstine 6-4, 6-3 at Autotron Rosmalen on Thursday.
Ruse, ranked No 80, will face the winner of the match between Canadian wildcard Bianca Andreescu and New Zealander Lulu Sun, the No 7 seed, next.
The Romanian won against Dutch qualifier Isis Louise van Den Broek (6-2, 6-1) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Rosmalen tournament, Branstine, ranked No 231, won against Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the top seed (6-4, 5-7, 6-1).
Rosmalen WTA 250, other second-round results (Autotron Rosmalen, grass, EUR 239.212, most recent results first):
- Kimberly Birrell vs. Yue Yuan
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Lulu Sun
- Maria Sakkari vs. Elise Mertens
- Suzan Lamens vs. Ann Li: thursday
- Veronika Kudermetova (8) beat Greet Minnen: 6-4, 6-1
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (2) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-0, 7-5
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Bernarda Pera: 6-1, 7-6 (4)
