BUDAPEST, Hungary, April 15 (UPI) -- Jarmila Gajdosova, the 473rd-ranked female player in the world, advanced Tuesday to the second round of the Budapest Grand Prix.
Gajdosov, 15, a native of Slovakia, knocked off Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie of Romania, 6-1, 6-4.
It was the fourth win of the week for Gajdosova, who was a wild card in the qualifying draw as one of the four lowest-seeded players in the field. She beat Nos. 667, 206 and 156 to make the main draw.
Gajdosova, who turns 16 in two weeks, set up a second-round match with either second seed Magui Serna of Spain or Angelika Roesch of Germany.
While she is a neophyte on the WTA Tour, Gajdosova may be one of its up-and-coming stars. She is ranked sixth on the minor league ITF circuit, where she won two titles last season and was a finalist six times.
There were two seeds in action Tuesday at the red clay event.
No. 3 Alicia Molik of Austria buried Martina Sucha of Slovakia, 6-1, 6-0, and No. 5 Virginie Razzano of France recovered for a 1-6, 6-2, 6-1 victory over Hungary's Rita Kuti Kis.
Another Slovakian joined Gajdosova in the second round as Ludmila Cervanova defeated Lubomira Bacheva of Bulgaria, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, but another failed as Katalin Marosi of Hungary eased past Lubomira Kurhajcova, 6-4, 6-2.
Also, Jelena Jankovic of Yugoslavia outlasted Evgenia Koulikovskaya of Russia, 1-6, 6-4, 6-0; Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic eliminated Martina Muller of Germany, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, and Stephanie Cohen Aloro of France dumped Emmanuelle Gagliardi of Switzerland, 6-1, 6-2.
The top seed at the $110,000 Tier V event is Iva Majoli of Croatia, who takes on Romanian Andreea Vanc on Wednesday.
With most of the world's best in Amelia Island, Fla., for the Bausch & Lomb Championships, this event features only two of the top-50 women in the rankings.
First prize is $16,000.
