Slovenia Open: Tsurenko books spot in second round
Lesia Tsurenko edged out Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 on Tuesday and will face Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 5 seed, in the next round
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Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko edged out Romanian qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Slovenia Open at Tennis Arena Portoroz on Tuesday.
Tsurenko, ranked No 92, will face Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 5 seed, next.
Portoroz WTA 125, other first-round results (Tennis Arena Portoroz, hard, EUR 203.024, most recent results first):
- Martina Trevisan vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Tamara Zidansek vs. Anastasia Zakharova
- Kaja Juvan vs. Alize Cornet
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Petra Marcinko
- Harriet Dart vs. Tereza Martincova
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Tara Wurth
- Elizabeth Mandlik vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
- Laura Siegemund vs. Elena Rybakina: tuesday
- Jodie Burrage vs. Aleksandra Krunic: tuesday
- Ana Bogdan beat Ajla Tomljanovic (8): 7-5, 4-6, 6-1
- Diane Parry beat Donna Vekic: 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
- Emma Raducanu (1) beat Dayana Yastremska: 6-2, 5-3 ret.
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (2) beat Clara Tauson: 7-6 (3), 6-3
- Anastasia Potapova beat Claire Liu: 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Marta Kostyuk: 7-6 (5), 5-7, 7-5
