Gabriela Ruse, ranked 164th in the world, reached the main draw of the WTA tournament in Monterrey, Mexico after defeating Jessica Malechkova.

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Gabriela Ruse won the WTA qualifying tournament in Monterrey

Reaching the final after defeating Simona Waltert (fourth seed), Rousse secured her presence in the main draw after defeating the Czech, who is ranked 358th in the WTA rankings.

Malekova won the first set 7-5, the athlete from Romania came back and showed herself in the next sets, 6-3, 6-1.

The game lasted 2 hours and 35 minutes.

Abierto GNP Seguros takes place from February 27 to March 5 on hard, is part of the WTA 250 category, has a total prize pool of $259,303, and is the main favorite with Caroline Garcia.

Monterrey seeds: Caroline Garcia (1), Marie Buzkova (2), Donna Vekic (3), Elise Mertens (4), Lin Zhu (5), Kateryna Siniakova (6), Mayar Sherif (7) and Elisabetta Cocciaretto (8) ).