Romanian tennis player Gabriela Ruse qualified for the second round of the Miami Open tournament (WTA 1,000), with a total prize pool of 8,963,700 US dollars, after defeating Russian Polina Kudermetova, 6-1, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2.
Ruse (27 years old, 102 WTA), who came from the qualifiers, sealed her victory after almost two hours of playing (1 h 58 min).
Ruse won a cheque of 35,260 US dollars and 65 WTA points, and in the second round she will face Polish Magdalena Frech (27 years old, 27 WTA), whom she leads 2-1 in direct matches.
Ruse won in 2016, in Koksijde (Belgium), with 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/5), Frech got her revenge in 2020, in the first round in Prague, with 7-6 (10/8), 6-3, but the Romanian won in 2022, in Sydney, with 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.
Also on Tuesday, Sorana Cirstea defeated Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the first round, 6-3, 7-6 (7/5), and will face defending champion American Danielle Collins in the second round.
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