Cluj-Napoca Open: Cornet sets up second round clash against top seed Rus

French qualifier Alize Cornet moved into the second round of the Cluj-Napoca Open by defeating Belgian Yanina Wickmayer 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 at the BTarena on Tuesday.

Cornet, ranked No 104 in the world, will face Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus, the top seed, next.

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Cluj-Napoca WTA 250, other first-round results (BTarena, hard, USD 267,082):

• Harriet Dart (Q) beat Anna Bondar (LL): 6-4, 7-6
• Arantxa Rus beat Greet Minnen: 7-5, 6-1
• Ana Bogdan (8) beat Alycia Parks: 7-5, 7-5
• Anna Blinkova (3) beat Simona Waltert (Q): 6-3, 6-0
• Clara Tauson beat Nadia Podoroska (9): 6-3, 6-1
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz beat Laura Siegemund: 6-4, 6-4
• Camila Osorio beat Viktoriya Tomova (7): 6-2, 6-4
• Sara Errani vs. Catherine McNally
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Emiliana Arango
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Sinja Kraus
• Miriam Bulgaru vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Anastasija Sevastova vs. Andreea Mitu
• Anca Alexia Todoni vs. Erika Andreeva
• Tamara Korpatsch vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Zhuoxuan Bai vs. Tatjana Maria