Răducanu and Sorana Cîrstea debuted on Monday with victories at the Transylvania Open (WTA).
Sorana entered the first round PHOTO Facebook TransylvaniaOpen focused
The British of Romanian origin Emma Răducanu and the Romanian Sorana Cîrstea debuted with victories, on Monday, in the first round of the Transylvania Open (WTA 250) tennis tournament, endowed with total prizes of 283,347 dollars and hosted by BTarena in Cluj-Napoca.
Răducanu, the main favorite, got past the Belgian Greet Minnen, 6-0, 6-4, and in the round of 16 she will face the Slovenian Kaja Juvan.
Cîrstea (35 years, 36 WTA), the third favorite, passed Kamila Rahimova (24 years, 71 WTA), 6-4, 6-4, after being led in the second set 4-2.
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Sorana Cîrstea is now 3-0 in direct matches with Rahimova, whom she defeated in 2022, in the first round in Istanbul, 6-4, 6-1, and last month, in the second round of the qualifiers in Adelaide, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3.
The Romanian secured a check for 4,600 dollars and 30 WTA points, and in the round of 16 she will face the Slovenian Tamara Zidansek.
The results recorded on Monday:
Simple – Round I
Emma Răducanu (Great Britain/N.1) – Greet Minnen (Belgium) 6-0, 6-4
Kaja Juvan (Slovenia) – Elena Ruxandra Bertea 6-3, 6-4
Anastasia Zakharova (Russia) – Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
Olga Danilovic (Serbia/N.7) – Miriam Bulgaru 6-4, 6-3
Maja Chwalinska (Poland) – Ana Bogdan 6-3, 6-2
Tamara Zidansek (Slovenia) – Veronika Erjavec (Slovenia) 6-1, 6-4
Sorana Cîrstea (N.3) – Kamila Rahimova (Uzbekistan) 6-4, 6-4
Doubles – First Round
Jaqueline Cristian/Elena Gabriela Ruse – Qianhui Tang/Yue Yuan (China/N.4) 6-4, 6-3
Xinyu Wang/Saisai Zheng (China)/Ulrikke Eikeri (Norway)/Magali Kempen (Belgium/N.1) 6-7 (5/7), 6-4, 10-8
Dalila Jakupovic/Nika Radisic (Slovenia) – Maria Kozîreva (Russia)/Irina Šimanovici (Belarus/N.2) (no show) Kozîreva/Simanovici
