Jaqueline Cristian has had an excellent start to the year and produced the surprise of the day at the WTA tournament in Adelaide.
Our athlete eliminated the number 4 seed, Ekaterina Alexandrova, in the first round.
Jaqueline won after a two-set match, with scores of 6-4, 6-4, lasting one hour and 55 minutes.
In the second round, Jaqueline will play against the winner between Daria Kasatkina (40 WTA) and Maria Sakkari (51 WTA).
Following this result, Jaqueline climbs 2 spots in the WTA Live ranking, up to 35, her best career ranking.
Gabriela Ruse was defeated in the first round at Adelaide by Anna Kalinskaya (33 WTA), with a score of 6-0, 6-3, after a match lasting one hour and 16 minutes.