Katerina Siniakova

Portorož – Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk and Czech Tereza Martincova won the WTA doubles tournament at the Slovenian seaside of Portorož on Sunday after defeating the Spanish-Slovak pair of Cristina Bucsa and Tereza Mihalikova 6:4 and 6:0 in the finals.

Romanian tennis player Sorana Cirstea qualified for the round of 16 of the Roland Garros tournament on Friday in Paris, after defeating the Russian Daria Kasatkina, 6-3, 6- 2. Cirstea (31 years old, WTA's 54) sealed her victory in one hour and 24 minutes of playing. Sorana's best result in Paris is a quarter-final in 2009, and since then she has not passed the third round.

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep has climbed one spot advancing to the third position in the world ranking of professional tennis players (Women's Tennis Association - WTA), released on Monday.

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, world number four, will play a qualifier in the first round of the US Open tournament, the last Grand Slam of the year, according to the draw in New York on Thursday. Halep, who won the Wimbledon title this summer, lost in the first round at last year's tournament in Flushing Meadows.

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, world's no. 3, easily qualified for the quarter-finals of the WTA tournament in Madrid, with total prizes worth 7,021,128 US dollars, after defeating Slovakian Viktoria Kuzmova, 6-0, 6-0. Halep (27) only needed 44 minutes to seal her victory against Kuzmova (20), world's no. 46.

Romanian pairing Simona Halep /Irina Begu on Monday advanced to the round of 16 of the women's doubles event at the 7,021,128-USD Madrid Open tennis tournament after defeating Romanian-Croat double Raluca Olaru /Darija Jurak 6-2 6-3. Halep and Begu won in 65 minutes.

The Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, world number three, won the Heart Award on Monday after her remarkable victory in the Czech Republic Fed Cup first round, according to the official website of the competition. Halep had their counter-candidates, following the World and World Group II matches, Latvian Anastasija Sevastova, Spanish Georgina Garcia-Perez and Australian Ashleigh Barty.

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, WTA's 3rd, defeated Karolina Pliskova (WTA's 5th), in three sets, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, on Sunday, and Romania's Fed Cup team leads the Czech Republic team with 2-1 after the first three matches of the meeting taking place in Ostrava, in the World Group quarterfinals.

Halep won after 2 hours and 37 minutes.

Greek tennis champion Maria Sakkari will face Kristýna Plíšková from the Czech Republic in the 3rd round at Wimbledon on Tuesday, July 5. Maria, who is ranked 101 in the ATP world rankings, will face her opponent after disposing of Katerina Siniakova (no. 39), also from the Czech Republic in the previous round in straight sets.

SHENZHEN - Young Serbian tennis player Nina Stojanovic beat Tunisian Ons Jabeur 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals of the WTA tournament in Shenzhen, China.

Stojanovic, a qualifier who has made it to the main draw, came from behind to win after two hours and twenty minutes of play.