Cluj-Napoca Open: Top seed Rus books spot in second round

Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus, the top seed, reached the second round of the Cluj-Napoca Open by defeating Belgian Greet Minnen 7-5, 6-1 at the BTarena on Monday evening.

Rus, ranked No 45, will face the winner of the match between French qualifier Alize Cornet and Belgian Yanina Wickmayer next.

Cluj-Napoca WTA 250, other first-round results (BTarena, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• 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
• Tamara Korpatsch vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Zhuoxuan Bai vs. Tatjana Maria
• Anca Alexia Todoni vs. Erika Andreeva
• Harriet Dart vs. Anna Bondar
• Alize Cornet vs. Yanina Wickmayer
• 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