Iasi Open: Bassols Ribera reaches second round

Spaniard Marina Bassols Ribera moved into the second round of the Iasi Open by beating Romanian wildcard Irina Bara 6-2, 6-3 at the Ciric Sports Base.

Bassols Ribera, ranked No 121, will play the winner of the match between Belgian qualifier Marie Benoit and Hungarian Anna Bondar, the No 8 seed, next.

Iasi WTA 250, other first-round results (Ciric Sports Base, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Gergana Topalova vs. Selena Janicijevic
• Simona Waltert vs. Ekaterina Makarova
• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Chloe Paquet
• Nuria Brancaccio vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Petra Martic
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Leyre Romero Gormaz
• Marie Benoit vs. Anna Bondar
• Aliona Falei vs. Anca Todoni
• Varvara Lepchenko vs. Martina Trevisan
• Lea Boskovic vs. Maria Timofeeva
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Noma Noha Akugue
• Miriam Bulgaru vs. Tatjana Maria
• Anna Blinkova vs. Olga Danilovic: sunday
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs. Anastasia Tikhonova: sunday