Sorana Cirstea

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.

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.

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 woman tennis player Sorana Cirstea and Kazakh Yaroslava Shvedova on Monday qualified for the quarterfinals of the doubles WTA tournament in Bogota (Columbia), equipped with total prizes worth 250,000 US dollars, after defeating No. 2 seed Mandy Minella (Luxembourg)/Olga Savciuk (Ukraine), 7-5, 6-2.

Photo credit: (c) Grigore POPESCU / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

WASHINGTON - Serbia's Bojana Jovanovski made a successful start at the WTA tournament in Washington, edging Australian Olivia Rogowska 6-7 (5-7), 7-5, 7-5 in the first round early on Wednesday.

Jovanovski next faces Sorana Cirstea of Romania, who defeated Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.

PARIS - Serbia's top-ranking female tennis player Jelena Jankovic reached the third round of the French Open on Thursday by beating Kurumi Nara of Japan 7-5, 6-0.

Long into the first set, the Serbian converted a breakpoint in the 11th game, turning the encounter around and disrupting her opponent's match plan.

BUCHAREST - The Serbian national women's tennis team did not manage to secure its stay in the Fed Cup World Group II, after Sorana Cirstea scored the third point for Romania by defeating Bojana Jovanovski 6-3, 6-7 (7-9), 6-3 in Bucharest on Sunday.

BELGRADE - The Serbian national female tennis team will play against Romania in the match for the last place in the Fed Cup second world group, the draw in London determined on Tuesday.