Transylvania Open: Ruse wins topsy-turvy encounter with Parks to reach second round
Elena-Gabriela Ruse edged out Alycia Parks 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 and will face Hungarian Anna Bondar in the next round
Gabriela Ruse
Transylvania Open •Third round •
Completed
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Romanian wildcard Elena-Gabriela Ruse advanced to the second round of the Transylvania Open by edging out American Alycia Parks, the second seed, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 at the BTarena in Cluj-Napoca.
Ruse, ranked No 188, will face Hungarian Anna Bondar 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
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Eva Lys
- 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
