Transylvania Open: Wildcard Ruse moves into quarter-finals
Elena-Gabriela Ruse won against Anna Bondar 7-6 (4), 6-2 on Thursday afternoon. She’ll play Colombian Emiliana Arango in the next round
Romanian wildcard Elena-Gabriela Ruse moved into the quarter-finals of the Transylvania Open by defeating Hungarian Anna Bondar 7-6 (4), 6-2 at the BTarena in Cluj-Napoca on Thursday afternoon.
Ruse, ranked No 188, will face Colombian Emiliana Arango next.
The Romanian edged out American Alycia Parks, the second seed (6-2, 1-6, 6-4) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Cluj-Napoca tournament, Bondar, ranked No 116, won against Ukrainian qualifier Anastasiya Soboleva (5-7, 6-2, 6-3).
Cluj-Napoca WTA 250, other second-round results (BTarena, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Eva Lys vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Ana Bogdan vs. Nikola Bartunkova
- Tamara Korpatsch beat Jodie Burrage (8): 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (5)
- Emiliana Arango beat Jil Teichmann: 6-3, 6-3
- Ekaterina Makarova (Q) beat Patricia Maria Tig: 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
- Rebeka Masarova (4) beat Miriam Bulgaru (WC): 3-6, 7-6 (8), 6-0
- Daria Snigur beat Anna-Lena Friedsam: 6-0, 1-6, 6-4
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