Iasi Open: Danilovic moves into second round

Serb Olga Danilovic reached the second round of the Iasi Open by defeating Russian Anna Blinkova, the No 4 seed, 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 at the Ciric Sports Base on Sunday evening.

Danilovic, ranked No 150, will face the winner of the match between Belarusian qualifier Aliona Falei and Romanian Anca Todoni 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
• Miriam Bulgaru (WC) beat Tatjana Maria (2): 6-4, 6-2
• Marina Bassols Ribera beat Irina Bara (WC): 6-2, 6-3
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse (WC) beat Anastasia Tikhonova: 6-3, 5-7, 6-1