Rebecca Peterson

Romania's Halep progresses to China Open 2019 women's singles 2nd round

Published by Agerpres on Sun, 09/29/2019 - 12:17

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, world number six, on Sunday advanced to the women's singles second round of the 8,285,274-USD China Open WTA tournament in Beijing, after defeating Sweden's Rebecca Peterson 6-1 6-1. Halep, 28, who last week withdrew from the 2019 Wuhan Open tournament with back pain, prevailed over 24-year-old Scandinavian, world number 53, in an hour and 12 minutes.

Tennis: Four Romanian players among the seeded players at BRD Bucharest Open (WTA)

Published by Agerpres on Sat, 07/14/2018 - 18:58

Not less than four Romanian tennis players are among the seeded players at the BRD Bucharest Open (WTA) tournament, equipped with total prizes worth 226,750 US dollars, to start on Monday on the BNR Arenas in the Capital City: Mihaela Buzarnescu is 2nd seeded, Irina Begu, last edition's winner, is 3rd seeded, Sorana Cirstea is seed no. 5 and Ana Bogdan is seed no. 6.

Jankovic beats Peterson to advance to Guangzhou quarters

Published by Tanjug on Sat, 09/24/2016 - 14:02

GUANGZHOU - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic is through to the quarter-finals of the Guangzhou tennis tournament after Sweden's Rebecca Peterson retired from their Round 2 match on Wednesday.

Second-seeded Jankovic, who was leading 6-1, 1-0, will next play Sabine Lisicki of Germany, who beat Shuai Peng of China 6-4, 6-1.

The prize money in Guangzhou is 250,000 dollars.

Jankovic gets off to successful start in China

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 09/23/2016 - 11:02

GUANGZHOU - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic has got off to a successful start of her Asian tour by beating Xiaodi You of China 6-2, 6-1 in the opening round of the Guangzhou WTA tennis tournament on Tuesday.

Second-seeded Jankovic will next face Rebecca Peterson of Sweden.

The prize money in Guangzhou is 250,000 dollars.

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