Iasi Open: Bulgaru upsets Maria in first round

Romanian wildcard Miriam Bulgaru advanced to the second round of the Iasi Open by defeating German Tatjana Maria, the second seed, 6-4, 6-2 at the Ciric Sports Base on Sunday evening.

Bulgaru, ranked No 206, will play the winner of the match between Bulgarian qualifier Gergana Topalova and French qualifier Selena Janicijevic next.

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

• Nuria Brancaccio vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Marie Benoit vs. Anna Bondar
• Varvara Lepchenko vs. Martina Trevisan
• Lea Boskovic vs. Maria Timofeeva
• Gergana Topalova vs. Selena Janicijevic
• Simona Waltert vs. Ekaterina Makarova
• Aliona Falei vs. Anca Todoni
• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Chloe Paquet
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Petra Martic
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Leyre Romero Gormaz
• Mirra Andreeva (1) beat Noma Noha Akugue: 6-1, 6-2
• Anna Blinkova vs. Olga Danilovic: sunday
• Marina Bassols Ribera beat Irina Bara (WC): 6-2, 6-3
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse (WC) beat Anastasia Tikhonova: 6-3, 5-7, 6-1