Romanian tennis player Gabriela Ruse defeated American Peyton Stearns, 6-0, 7-5, on Monday in the first round of the WTA 1,000 tournament in Toronto, which offers total prize money of 7,433,076 US dollars.
Ruse, 28, ranked 77th in the WTA rankings, sealed her victory after one hour and 40 minutes.
The Romanian now leads Stearns, 24, ranked 57th in the world, 2-0 in their head-to-head meetings, having also beaten the American in the qualifying rounds in Dubai in February, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.
Ruse has secured 28,425 US dollars in prize money and 35 WTA ranking points. In the second round, she will face Anastasia Potapova of Austria, 25, ranked 27th in the world. AGERPRES (RO - writing by: Mihai Tenea; EN - writing by: Cristina Zaharia)
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- Date: 2026-08-04 08:26:14
