Ana Bohdan advanced to the semifinals of the tournament in Cluj-Napoca after an extraordinary victory over Arantchea Rus with a score of 3-6, 7-6(6), 7-6(5).
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Ana Bohdan, victory with Arantxa Rus at the Transylvania Open
Ana Bohdan reached the semifinals of the Transylvania Open tournament.
The player, ranked 65th in the WTA ranking, had a fantastic match against the main favorite of the tournament Aranta Rus (45th WTA), whom she defeated after three hours and 30 minutes.
Ana Bohdan lost the first set 6-3, but came back in the second set to win in a tiebreak.
In the decisive set, both players fought heroically, but the Romanian won, also on a tie-break.
What a RETURN uD83DuDE2E
3 hours and 28 minutes later, Ana Bohdan fights back from a set down to beat No. 1 seed Rus on home soil and advance to the semi-finals of Cluj!#TO2024 pic.twitter.com/PfIotAokV4
— wta (@WTA) February 9, 2024
Thus, we will have a 100% Romanian semi-final, because Ana’s next opponent is Jacqueline Christian.
Transylvania Open will be held from February 5 to 11 in Cluj-Napoca. The tournament is held on closed hard, is part of the WTA 250 category and has a total prize pool of $267,082.
The competition was held three more times: 2021 (Anette Kontaveit won, score 6-2, 6-3, after the final with Simona Halep), 2022 (Anna Blinkova won, score 6-2, 3-6, 6-2, with Jasmine Paoloni ) and 2023 (Tamara Korpatch lifted the trophy after 6-3, 6-4 with Gabriela Ruse).
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