Rus starts Rosmalen with great victory, Jankovic out

Arantxa Rus (WTA-183) has gratefully used her wildcard at the Ricoh Open. The home player impressively defeated sixth seeded Timea Babos (WTA-36) in three sets: 5-7 6-2 6-3.

The player from Monster, the Netherlands, opened the first day of the main schedule competition on centre court and she did not disappoint. After losing the first set, Rus managed to  defeat the favorite Hungarian.

The 26-year-old player hit a rock hard forehand winner along the line on her first matchpoint to secure her place in the next round.

Rus competed in the main schedule at the Autotron in 2013. Four years later she has made a strong return. To reach the quarter final she must defeat Kazakh player Yaroslava Shvedova (WTA-47) or the Czeck qualifier and former top 60 player Andrea Hlavackova (WTA-531).

Jankovic
Jelena Jankovic is surprisingly out of the tournament after the first round. The former world’s number one was defeated with 6-3 7-5 by Czech qualifier Petra Krejsova.

The world’s number 277 will play against Lesia Tsurenko in the second round. The Ukrainian  player beat Elise Mertens with 6-4 6-1.