Cluj-Napoca Open: Bronzetti reaches second round

Italian Lucia Bronzetti moved into the second round of the Cluj-Napoca Open by winning against Romanian wildcard Simona Halep 6-1, 6-1 at the BT Arena on Tuesday evening.

Bronzetti, ranked No 72, will play the winner of the match between Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva and American Peyton Stearns, the No 3 seed, next.

Cluj-Napoca WTA 250, other first-round results (BT Arena, hard, USD 275.094, most recent results first):

• Ella Seidel vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Francesca Jones
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Peyton Stearns: tuesday
• Anna Blinkova beat Sara Sorribes Tormo (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Ana Bogdan (WC) beat Jodie Burrage: 6-2, 6-3
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto (7) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 6-3, 7-5
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich (LL) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (6): 6-7, 7-5, 6-4
• Olga Danilovic (2) beat Alycia Parks: 6-3, 6-3
• Viktorija Golubic beat Arantxa Rus: 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (10)
• Anastasia Potapova (1) beat Julia Grabher: 6-4, 6-0
• Marina Stakusic (Q) beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-1, 1-6, 6-4
• Anhelina Kalinina (4) beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (WC): 6-2, 6-3
• Caroline Dolehide beat Daria Snigur (Q): 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
• Suzan Lamens beat Anna Bondar (Q): 7-6 (2), 7-6 (6)
• Viktoriya Tomova beat Mayar Sherif: 3-6, 6-4, 6-1