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Romanian tennis player, Sorana Cirstea, 51st WTA, was defeated on Thursday by Maria Sharapova, 22nd WTA, in the second round of the US Open by 6-2, 7-5 in one hour and 50 minutes. Sharapova controlled the first set and won it 6-2. In the…

Romanian tennis player, Simona Halep, 1st WTA, roared back to overcome No.12 seed Angelique Kerber 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday to book her place in a third Roland Garros semi-final, emerging on top of a magnificent contest decided by the…

Top-ranked Simona Halep won her semifinal against Maria Sharapova 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, setting up a repeat of 2017 Italian Open final against Elina Svitolina. Halep dragged behind after an error-strewn first set in which there were nine breaks…

World No.1 Simona Halep of Romania will stay at the top ranking for at least one more week, as she dispatched No.7 seed Caroline Garcia of France, 6-2, 6-3, on Friday night to reach the semi-finals at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia. "In…

Romanian tennis player, Irina Begu, 38th in the WTA rankings, was defeated on Monday by Russia’s Maria Sharapova (52th WTA) in two sets, 7-5, 6-1, at the end of a match that lasted an hour and 33 minutes. Irina, who in the previous round…

Romanian tennis player, Simona Halep, 1st WTA (photo 1), has qualified on Sunday to the second round of Madrid Open, after defeating E katerina Makarova (Russia, 29, 32nd WTA) 6-1, 6-0 in 51 minutes. Also on Sunday, Sorana Cirstea,…

Romanian tennis player Irina Camelia Begu (27, 36th WTA) defeated Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia, 5th seeded) 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday, in the first round of the Madrid Open. The match lasted one hour and 24 minutes. Begu had 4 aces and 8…

Romanian tennis player, Simona Halep, is in the 22nd week as leader of the WTA rankings. The Romanian has thus climbed on the 14th place in an all-time ranking, outperforming Maria Sharapova. The total number of weeks spent by Halep WTA…

Romanian tennis player Monica Niculescu managed a superb victory against Maria Sharapova, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Monday, in the first round of the Qatar Total Open tournament, with total prize money of USD 3.1 million. Niculescu (30, 92nd WTA)…

Simona Halep's team has reached a deal these days with Nike for a four-year period, following the failure to extend the deal at the end of last year with Adidas, with which the Romanian tennis player had partnered since January 2014 ,…