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MADRID - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic was ousted in the opening round of the Madrid Open by Romania's Sorana Cirstea 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday.
    
World number 131 Cirstea will next play Montenegro's Danka Kovinic.
    
The total prize money for the tournament in Madrid is USD 4,771,360

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Romanian tennis player Andreea Mitu (23 years of age) qualified for the fourth round of Grand Slam Tournament of Roland Garros, after having defeated Italian Francesca Schiavone in two sets, 7-5, 6-4, in a match carried out in Paris, on Saturday.

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.

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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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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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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.

Romania's Simona Halep went down to World No. 3 in the world's rankings of professional women tennis players (WTA) released on Monday, after having retained the No. 2 spot for the past seven weeks (as of August 11).

Romanian female tennis player Simona Halep is hanging on to the second position in the latest weekly WTA woman's singles ranking released on Monday, with 6,750 points. Topping the ranking is still Serena Williams of the US, with 9,430 points.

Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu jumped two positions to #60, with 898 points.

CINCINNATI - Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanovic advanced to the second round of the WTA Premier event in Cincinnati after beating Romania's Sorana Cirstea 6-1, 7-5 in the opening round on Monday.

Ivanovic will next play the winner of the all-American clash between Nicole Gibbs and Christina McHale.