Transylvania Open: Makarova advances to second round
Ekaterina Makarova defeated Kateryna Baindl 6-3, 1-6, 6-1 on Monday. She’ll play Romanian Patricia Maria Tig in the next round
Ekaterina Makarova in Strasbourg (Elyxandro Cegarra / Panoramic)
Russian qualifier Ekaterina Makarova beat Ukrainian Kateryna Baindl, the No 7 seed, 6-3, 1-6, 6-1 to reach the second round of the Transylvania Open at the BTarena in Cluj-Napoca on Monday.
Makarova, ranked No 213, will play Romanian Patricia Maria Tig next.
Cluj-Napoca WTA 250, other first-round results (BTarena, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Yanina Wickmayer vs. Jil Teichmann
- Celine Naef vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Eva Lys
- Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs. Alycia Parks
- Ana Bogdan vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Emiliana Arango vs. Jessika Ponchet
- Leolia Jeanjean vs. Tamara Korpatsch
- Anna-Lena Friedsam vs. Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie
- Anna Bondar vs. Anastasiya Soboleva: tuesday
- Greet Minnen vs. Daria Snigur: tuesday
- Patricia Maria Tig beat Martha Matoula (Q): 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3
- Miriam Bulgaru (WC) beat Ipek Oz (LL): 7-5, 6-3
- Jodie Burrage (8) beat Ankita Raina: 6-0, 6-2
- Rebeka Masarova (4) beat Noma Noha Akugue: 6-4, 6-0
- Nikola Bartunkova (WC) beat Dayana Yastremska: 7-5, 6-4
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