Monica Niculescu

Romanian Simona Halep returned to first place in the rankings of professional women tennis players (WTA) on Monday, five weeks after she lost this place to Danish Caroline Wozniacki, after the final lost to her at Australian Open.

Halep now has an advance of 440 points against the Danish, second ranked.

Romanian tennis player Sorana Cirstea qualified on Tuesday for the second round of the WTA tournament in Qatar (the Qatar Total Open), with prizes worth 3.1 million US dollars, after defeating Greek Maria Sakkari, with a score of 6-2, 6-3.

Sorana Cirstea (aged 27, WTA's 38th) defeated her 22-year old opponent (WTA's 60th) after one hour and 13 minutes.

Romanian tennis player Monica Niculescu defeated Belarusian Olga Govortsova, 2-6, 7-5, 7-5, on Wednesday, and qualified for the quarterfinals of the WTA tournament on grass from Nottingham (UK), equipped with total prizes worth 226,750 US dollars.

Romanian tennis player Monica Niculescu, second seeded, won the ITF tournament of Marseille, with total prizes worth 100,000 dollars.

On Sunday, in the final of the competition, Monica Niculescu, 67th in the WTA rankings, defeated French tennis player Pauline Parmentier, 8 seed, in two sets, 6-2, 7-5. AGERPRES

Romanian Monica Niculescu advanced on Wednesday to the round of 16 of the women's 100,000-dollar ITF tournament in Marseille, by defeating 6-3, 7-6 (3) Canadian Francoise Abanda in the first round.

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Romanian tennis player Simona Halep went one place down, from 3rd to 4th, in the WTA ranking released on Monday, because she couldn't defend the points won last year in Doha, following the change in the competition calendar.

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Romania's women's tennis team will compete with Canada's team on April 18 - 19, away, in the playoff for the Fed Cup World Cup, according to the draw carried out in London, on Tuesday.

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Irina Begu and pair Monica Niculescu earned the win of the Romanian women's tennis team over Spain 3-2 on Sunday in Galati (eastern Romania), in the first round of Fed Cup's World Group 2, after winning the decisive game with Garbine Muguruza/Anabel Medina-Garrigues 5-7, 6-3, 6-2. Muguruza/Anabel Medina-Garrigues, în meciul decisiv.

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President Klaus Iohannis on Saturday in Galati, in the official opening of the tennis game between Romania's and Spain's national teams counting for the first round of the World Group II of the Fed Cup.

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Romania's Simona Halep is keeping at No. 3 in the world rankings of the best women tennis players (WTA) made public on Monday, after having won Shenzhen, China tournament on Saturday.

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