Simona Halep

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep has qualified for the semifinals of the 500,000-dollar WTA Shenzhen tournament in China on Thursday after defeating Serbian player Aleksandra Krunic by 6-3, 6-3.

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Romanian woman tennis player Simona Halep has qualified for the round of sixteen of the WTA tournament taking place in Shenzhen (China), with total prizes worth 500,000 US dollars, after defeating in the inaugural round Annika Beck (Germany), 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Romanian tennis player Monica Niculescu was defeated by 6-1, 7-5 by Slovenian player Polona Hercog, on Monday, in the inaugural round of the 500,000 WTA Shenzhen tournament.

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, world's No 3, showed us the best shot in 2014, according to the WTA website, while playing against Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium), during the tournament in Cincinnati, the victory being claimed in the end by the Romanian player, 6-4, 6-2.

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LONDON - Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanovic has been shortlisted for the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Player of the Year.

Ivanovic finished the season as No. 5, after claiming four titles (Auckland, Monterey, Birmingham, Tokyo) and with the score of 58-17 achieved the highest number of victories during the WTA tour.

LONDON - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic will finish the 2014 season with 4,820 points and ranked as WTA No. 5.

The Serbian has won four titles in 2014 and notched the highest number of wins on the WTA tour - 58, with 17 losses.

Romanian Simona Halep returned to third place in the world rankings of professional tennis players (WTA), made public on Monday, after playing in the final of the WTA Finals in Singapore.

The first place is occupied by American player Serena Williams, with the second being taken by Russian player Maria Sharapova.

American Serena Williams (WTA No. 1) defeated Romanian Simona Halep (WTA No. 4) 6-3, 6-0 to win the BNP Paribas WTA Finals championship in Singapore on Sunday.

SINGAPORE - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic has defeated Romania's Simona Halep 7(9)-6 3-6 6-3 at the WTA season's final tournament in Singapore, but is out of the tournament because she needed to win 2-0 in order to move through.

This was Ivanovic's 2nd victory in Red Group, but it was not enough to be among the top 4 players. For that, she needed deny Halep any sets.

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep on Thursday qualified for the semifinals of the WTA Finals taking place in Singapore, after Serena Williams lost her first game in the match against Canadian Eugenie Bouchard, in the red Group of the competition.