Transylvania Open: Cristian delights home fans by beating Naef to reach the second round
Home hope Jaqueline Cristian beat Celine Naef 6-4, 6-4. She’ll play German Eva Lys in the next round
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Romanian Jaqueline Cristian moved into the second round of the Transylvania Open by beating Swiss Celine Naef 6-4, 6-4 in Cluj-Napoca.
Cristian, ranked No 97, will face German Eva Lys next.
Cluj-Napoca WTA 250, other first-round results (BTarena, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Jil Teichmann beat Yanina Wickmayer (6): 6-4, 7-6 (6)
- Eva Lys beat Sorana Cirstea (1): 6-3, 6-3
- Elena-Gabriela Ruse (WC) beat Alycia Parks (2): 6-2, 1-6, 6-4
- Emiliana Arango beat Jessika Ponchet: 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Ana Bogdan (5) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-4, 6-1
- Tamara Korpatsch beat Leolia Jeanjean: 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
- Anna-Lena Friedsam beat Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie (Q): 6-1, 6-1
- Anna Bondar beat Anastasiya Soboleva (Q): 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
- Daria Snigur beat Greet Minnen (3): 6-3, 6-2
- Patricia Maria Tig beat Martha Matoula (Q): 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3
- Miriam Bulgaru (WC) beat Ipek Oz (LL): 7-5, 6-3
- Jodie Burrage (8) beat Ankita Raina: 6-0, 6-2
- 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
