No. 6 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil beat
Xiyu Wang of China 6-2, 7-6 (4), rallying from a 3-0 hole in the
second set and a 4-2 deficit in the ensuing tiebreaker. No. 7
seed Daria Kasatkina of Russia got past France's Diane Parry
6-4, 5-7, 6-4.
In an all-American matchup, Ashlyn Krueger beat Bernarda Pera
6-2, 5-7, 6-3, and Romania's Sorana Cirstea eked past France's
Caroline Garcia 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4.
Transylvania Open
Dutch No. 1 seed Arantxa Rus had three aces and saved four of
five break points to open her week with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over
Belgium's Greet Minnen in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
No. 3 seed Anna Blinkova of Russia also cleaned up, needing just
69 minutes to beat Switzerland's Simona Waltert 6-3, 6-0.
Two other seeded players weren't as lucky. Colombia's Camila
Osorio upset No. 7 seed Viktoriya Tomova of Bulgaria 6-2, 6-4,
and Argentine No. 9 seed Nadia Podoroska fell to Denmark's Clara
Tauson, 6-3, 6-1.
Eighth seed Ana Bogdan of Romania and Spaniard Nuria Parrizas
Diaz also won their first-round matches.
--Field Level Media
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