Transylvania Open: Top-seeded Cirstea knocked out by excellent Eva Lys in Cluj
Eva Lys defeated Sorana Cirstea 6-3, 6-3. She’ll play the winner of the match between Celine Naef and Jaqueline Cristian in the next round
Eva Lys, Transylvania Open 2023 (Imago, Panoramic)
German Eva Lys defeated Romanian Sorana Cirstea, the top seed, 6-3, 6-3 to reach the second round of the Transylvania Open at the BTarena in Cluj-Napoca.
Lys, ranked No 133, will face the winner of the match between Swiss Celine Naef and Romanian Jaqueline Cristian next.
Cluj-Napoca WTA 250, other first-round results (BTarena, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Celine Naef vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Yanina Wickmayer vs. Jil Teichmann
- 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
