The event, earlier known as the Winners Open, will feature former world number one Simona Halep, who is currently outside the top 800 and playing her first tournament of the season
The fifth edition of Transylvania Open WTA 250 has begun, with the women's singles qualifiers done and dusted and the main draw to be played from February 3-9 on a hard surface at BTarena in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Watch the tennis tournament live. (More Tennis News)
The event will feature former world number one Simona Halep, who is currently outside the top 800 and playing her first tournament of the season. Home favourite Halep faces Italy's world number 66 Lucia Bronzetti in the round of 32.
Earlier known as the Winners Open, the Transylvania tourney will have five matches on the first day of the main draw, that is February 3. The pick of these matches is perhaps the one between No. 63-ranked Mayar Sherif and No. 64 Viktoriya Tomova. The Halep vs Bronzetti is on the day after.
A total of 24 players ranked in the world라이브 바카라 top 180 competed on February 1 and 2 for six spots in the main singles draw. There is considerable home participation, with six Romanian players in the main singles draw and five in the doubles draw.
Below is the singles schedule for the opening-day matches:
Mayar Sherif vs Viktoriya Tomova, singles round of 32: 2:30pm IST
followed by Anna Bondar vs Suzan Lamens, singles round of 32
followed by Daria Snigur vs Caroline Dolehide, singles round of 32
followed by Anhelina Kalinina vs Elena-Gabriela Ruse, singles round of 32
followed by Sorana Cirstea vs Marina Stakusic
The round of 32 matches on February 3 and 4 will be followed by the round of 16 matches on February 5, quarter-finals on February 6 and so on with the final on Sunday, Feb 9.
The Transylvania Open WTA 250 will be live streamed on Tennis Channel.