Romanian tennis player Mihaela Buzarnescu on Tuesday progressed to the women's singles round of 16 of the 235,238-USD Winners Open tournament, the first WTA tournament in Cluj-Napoca, after defeating Bulgarian Viktoria Tomova, seventh seed, 6-2, 6-3.
Buzarnescu, who also won the previous three meets with Tomova (2011, 2017, 2019) without losing a set, won 3,675 US dollars and 30 WTA singles points. In the next round, she will face Spain's Lara Arruabarrena, 3-1 head-to-head count, with Buzarnescu defeating the Spaniard this February in the first round of the Australian Open 6-4 6-3.