Monica Niculescu
Romania's Cirstea through to BNP Paribas Open second qualifying round
Romanian tennis player Sorana Cirstea defeated US's Danielle Lao 6-3 6-4 in the first qualifying round of the women's singles event at the 9,035,428-USD BNP Paribas Open tournament in Indian Wells (California). The 28-year-old Cirstea, world number 98, prevailed in one hour and 15 minutes over 27-year-old Lao, world number 153.
Tennis: Halep defeats Pliskova and Romania's Fed Cup team leads Czech team 2-1
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.
Tennis: Halep, Buzarnescu, Begu, Bogdan, Niculescu - Romania's Fed Cup team against Czech Republic
Romanian tennis players Simona Halep (WTA's 3rd), Mihaela Buzarnescu (WTA's 28th), Irina Camelia Begu (WTA's 71st), Ana Bogdan (WTA's 99th) and Monica Niculescu (WTA's 100th) were invited by Florin Segarceanu, the non-playing captain of Romania's Fed Cup team to play against the Czech Republic's team, in the first round of the World Group.
Tennis: Monica Niculescu, semifinalist in doubles event at Hobart (WTA)
The pairing made of Romanian tennis player Monica Niculescu and Chinese player Zhaoxuan Yang qualified on Wednesday for the doubles event of the WTA tournament of Hobart, Australia, with total prizes worth 250,000 USD, after they won 6-1, 6-4 against Romanian - Kazakh pair Raluca Olaru/Galina Voskoboeva.
Romania's Niculescu qualifies for Shenzhen Open women's quarter-finals
Romanian tennis player Monica Niculescu qualified on Wednesday for the quarter-finals of the WTA tournament in Shenzhen, China (Shenzhen Open), with prizes worth 750,000 US dollars, after defeating Kristyna Pliskova (the Czech Republic), with a score of 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-4.
Romania's Halep advances to Cincinnati Masters women's singles final
Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, world number one, advanced to the women's singles final at the 2,874,299-USD Western & Southern Open tournament in Cincinnati (Ohio), after defeating Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka 6 -3 6-4 in Friday's semis.
Halep, 26, had a consistent play and prevailed in an hour and 16 minutes over 20-year-old Sabalenka, world number 34.
Tennis: Romania to have first-ever eight players at Wimbledon
Romania will have first-ever eight players on a main singles board of a Grand Slam tournament, namely Wimbledon, after Alexandra Dulgheru and Elena-Gabriela Ruse qualified on Thursday by the victories clinched in the last tour of the preliminary phase.
Simona Halep further WTA's top-ranked player, holds comfortable lead
Romania's Simona Halep further tops the WTA ranking, 1,225 points clear of world No. 2, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark.
This is Halep's 33rd week at the top of the world ranking (17 weeks straight) and next Monday will see her overcoming Germany's Angelique Kerber, who spent 34 weeks as WTA leader, placing her 12th in an all-time record.
Romania's Dulgheru gets on French Open 2018 women's singles main draw
The number of Romanian tennis players on the main draw of the women's singles event of the French Open 2018, the second grand slam tournament of the year, reached six, as Alexandra Dulgheru won Friday in the last round of qualifications.
Dulgheru, 28, world number 160, defeated German Tamara Korpatsch, 23, world number 145, 6-1 5-7 7-6 (7) after two hours and 46 minutes.
Tennis: Halep, Buzarnescu, Begu and Carstea, on the main draw of Rome tournament (WTA)
Four Romanian tennis players, Simona Halep, the world's leader, Mihaela Buzarnescu, Irina Begu and Sorana Cirstea, are on the main draw of the singles competition of the Rome tennis tournament (WTA), equipped with total prizes worth 3,251,720 US dollars, to kick off on Monday.