Transylvania Open: Burrage blasts past Raina in first round
Jodie Burrage beat Ankita Raina 6-0, 6-2 on Monday. She’ll play the winner of the match between Frenchwoman Leolia Jeanjean and German Tamara Korpatsch in the next round
Jodie Burrage, Action Plus / Panoramic
Brit Jodie Burrage advanced to the second round of the Transylvania Open by winning against Indian Ankita Raina 6-0, 6-2 at the BTarena in Cluj-Napoca on Monday.
Despite only making 50 percent of her first serves, No 8 seed Burrage powered past world No 159 Raina for the loss of only two games, setting a second round clash against the winner of the match between Frenchwoman Leolia Jeanjean and German Tamara Korpatsch next.
Cluj-Napoca WTA 250, other first-round results (BTarena, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Yanina Wickmayer vs. Jil Teichmann
- Celine Naef vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Eva Lys
- Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs. Alycia Parks
- Ana Bogdan vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Emiliana Arango vs. Jessika Ponchet
- Leolia Jeanjean vs. Tamara Korpatsch
- Anna-Lena Friedsam vs. Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie
- Anna Bondar vs. Anastasiya Soboleva
- Greet Minnen vs. Daria Snigur
- Patricia Maria Tig vs. Martha Matoula
- Miriam Bulgaru vs. Ipek Oz
- Ekaterina Makarova (Q) beat Kateryna Baindl (7): 6-3, 1-6, 6-1
- Rebeka Masarova (4) beat Noma Noha Akugue: 6-4, 6-0
- Nikola Bartunkova (WC) beat Dayana Yastremska: 7-5, 6-4
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