​Gabriela Ruse continues her excellent performances at the tournament of the “WTA 250” category in Monterrey, our athlete reached the 1/8 finals after a two-set victory over the Italian Camila Giorgi (the winner of last week in Merida).

Gabriela Ruse beat Camila Giorgi at the WTA in Monterrey

Entering the main draw after qualifying, Ruse defeated the 46th-ranked athlete 6-4, 7-5 in one hour and 50 minutes.

Gabriela (160 WTA) led for almost the entire first set: she was tied at 3, after losing her serve after a very long stretch in which she saved four break points, but quickly broke her opponent’s serve for the second time and closed out the set for of the third opportunity (6-4).

Ruse also started the second set better, leading 4-1 and 5-2, but Camila did not give up the fight and leveled the score at 5. The Romanian again prevailed in the return game and finished the game with her serve (7-5). ).

Know:

• In the next round, Gabriela will meet Belgian Elise Mertens (4th favorite), who decisively defeated Diana Schneider (94 WTA) 6-0, 6-4.

• Having advanced to the 1/8 finals, Ruse secured a prize of $3,920 and 30 points in the WTA ranking.

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) ).