Transylvania Open: Burrage blasts past Raina in first round

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