Monica Puig

Romanian tennis players Simona Halep and Patricia Tig are among the four finalists for the 2019 WTA Shot of the Year, along with Polish Iga Swiatek and Ukrainian Elian Svitolina. Halep, got picked with two nominations, having won the monthly polls in February and May, came into the final with the first, while Patricia Tig won the July poll.

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.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic and Taipei's Chan Hao-ching have reached the second round of the doubles tournament in Miami after they notched up a win against Spanish Arantxa Parra Santonja / Sílvia Soler-Espinosa 7-5, 6-4.

Sesil Karatancheva stays in the fight for the title in the Acapulco tennis tournament after winning against Monica Puig from Puerto Rico in a three-set quarterfinals.

Karatancheva won after a match that laster 2 h and 24 minutes and secured a win after 2-6 7-6 (9-7) 6-4.

BELGRADE - Serbian tennis player Jovana Jaksic is among the candidates for playing in a WTA Finals Rising Star Exhibition, which will take place in Singapore from October 17 to 21.

Four tennis players will take part in the exhibition event, which will be held simultaneously with the closing WTA championship, two from the Asia/Pacific zone and two from the rest of the world.