Kristina Mladenovic

Portorož – The Slovenian seaside resort of Portorož is hosting the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) circuit this week for a WTA 250 tournament with a prize money of 235,238 US dollars.

The tournament will open with a ceremony later on Monday followed by an all-Croatian match between Donna Vekić and Ana Konjuh.

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.

AGERPRES special correspondent Teodor Ciobanu reports: Romania is leading France 1 - 0, in the Fed Cup semifinals, after Simona Halep, WTA's 2nd, defeated Kristina Mladenovic, 6 - 3, 6 - 1, on Saturday, in a match played in Kindarena in Rouen. AGERPRES (RO - editor: Mihai Tenea; EN - editor: Adina Panaitescu)

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, WTA No 3, on Thursday qualified for the quarterfinals of the WTA grass-court tournament taking place in Birmingham (UK), equipped with total prizes worth 665,900 US dollars, after defeating Klara Koukalova (Czech Republic), 6-1, 6-3, in only 50 minutes.

Romanian tennis player Andreea Mitu (23 years of age) qualified for the fourth round of Grand Slam Tournament of Roland Garros, after having defeated Italian Francesca Schiavone in two sets, 7-5, 6-4, in a match carried out in Paris, on Saturday.

MONTERREY - Serbia's top female tennis player Ana Ivanovic advanced to the semifinals of the WTA tournament in Monterrey, Mexico, after beating Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic 6-3, 6-2 in the quarterfinals early Saturday morning CET.

Defending champion Ivanovic dominated the match from beginning to end, not giving the Frenchwoman any chance of a comeback.

MONTERREY - Serbia's top female tennis player Ana Ivanovic advanced to the semifinals of the WTA tournament in Monterrey, Mexico, after beating Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic 6-3, 6-2 in the quarterfinals early Saturday morning CET.

Defending champion Ivanovic dominated the match from beginning to end, not giving the Frenchwoman any chance of a comeback.

MONTERREY - Serbia's top female tennis player Ana Ivanovic advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2015 WTA tournament in Monterrey, Mexico, after beating France's Pauline Parmentier 6-3, 6-2 Thursday morning CET.

Defending champion Ivanovic will next face another Frenchwoman, Kristina Mladenovic, who beat Russia's Vera Zvonareva 6-4, 6-2.

MONTREAL - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic and Klara Koukalova of the Czech Republic got off to a winning start in the Rogers Cup women's doubles in Montreal early Wednesday by beating the Georgian-Ukrainian pair of Oksana Kalashnikova and Olga Savchuk 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 10-0.

PARIS – Serbia’s Novak Djokovic organized an exhibition match on the Roland Garros’ central court Saturday and the proceeds will be used as aid for the people badly hit by the recent floods in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH).

It started raining on the center court at one moment but it did not stop the tennis players from continuing the humanitarian activity.