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The Amazing and Remarkable Monica Niculescu (Cheering Thread)

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If anyone deserves a thread in the new Romanian Forum, it is this girl. Monica Niculescu is currently ranked 205 in the World but will be very close to her career high of 188 when the rankings after Wimbledon come out. She is not yet 20 years old and so she still has plenty of time to get that ranking up and become a fixture within the top 100.

Personally I for one hope very much that she does. Monica is an exceptional unique talent in the tennis world as anyone who has seen will attest. Almost certainly she has the most unusual game with the top 200 (okay she 205 right now but I'm quite sure she won't be out the top 200 again for a very long time).

Describing her playing style is not easy but I will try. Both her forehand and backhand are played sometimes with one hand and sometimes with two. When she hits with two hands it usually means she is going for more pace whereas when she hits with one hand it usually means she going for an offpace shot of some kind often with underspin. She hits some very strange slices that I really couldn't begin to describe. She is also an exceptional volleyer with amazing improvisational skills and has great touch on dropshots and a nice lob. Quite simply she has so many shots at her disposal that one never knows what is coming next. It must be very hard indeed to get any sort of rhythm against her. This is just one attempt to describe the strange unusual play of Monica Niculescu but it would certainly be fun to read other descriptions of her game within this thread.

Monica is a player who should have the support of everyone who loves Women's tennis but gets tired of loads of women with the same style just wacking the ball back to each other as hard as they can. For fans who love slice and touch shots, who prefer the artistry of Fabrice Santoro to the ball bashing of most of the modern game, Monica Niculescu is the girl for you.

Lets support her in this thread, because tennis will be so much richer with someone with her unique and special skills in the mix. :worship:
 
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Re: The Amazing and Remarkable Monica Niculescu

WTA Baku, Main Draw:

(5)Monica Niculescu (ROU) v Qualifier
Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) v Sofia Shapatava (GEO)
Zarina Diyas (KAZ) v Qualifier
Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) v (2)Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)

Reach quarterfinal here, please! ;)
 
#1,141 ·
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Monica faces Irini Georgatou in Round 1, tomorrow! :cheer:

Of course the match is not streamed because all the Top players of the draw have to play tomorrow, while Voskoboeva-Shapatava was on today! :inlove:
 
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Galina Voskoboeva def. Monica Niculescu 7-6(2) 6-2 :eek:

Monica was very poor on the decisive stages and she doesn't seem to be fit. I don't know if it was the heat or a smaller injury, but her movement was atrocious today... :eek:

It would also suit the fact that she withdrew from so many tournaments (Strasbourg, Bad Gastein) and plays such a thin schedule... :shrug:

What a shame she couldn't take advantage of this draw...
 
#1,146 ·
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Monica is going to kick start her HC season with the 100k challenger in Vancouver where she is of course Top seed! :)

The draw:

(1)Monica Niculescu (ROU) v Sally Peers (AUS)
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA) v Jamie Hampton (USA)
Sharon Fichman (CAN) v Q
(5)Misaki Doi (JPN) v Q

Good luck! :cheer:
 
#1,149 ·
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Women's top-seed Niculescu has W/D from @vanopen. Ab injury. Rogers Cup & US Open in question #tennis#WTA
My favorites clearly want to challenge me how far I can go... :hysteric:

That really explains her light tournament schedule since Madrid with several withdrawals! :eek:

get well soon! :hug:
 
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WTA Toronto, Qualifying Draw:

ROU NICULESCU, Monica 33
CAN ZHAO, Carol 34

USA RISKE, Alison 35
CRO MARTIC, Petra 36

I thought she had a serious injury? :weirdo:
She obviously tries everything to defend her points from the last year... :eek:

In Round 1 she beat the wildcard player Zhao in straights, 6-3 6-2... :shrug:

Let's see if it's enough to qualify... :unsure:
 
#1,154 ·
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WTA Cincinatti, Qualifying Draw:

Monica Niculescu [9] vs. Mirjana Lucic
Allie Will [WC] vs. Nastija Sevastova [14]

And she is still playing... :eek:

Good luck I guess! :rolleyes:
 
#1,155 ·
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And she qualified! :D

QR1: Monica Niculescu def. Mirjana Lucic 7-5 6-0
FQR: Monica Niculescu def. Anastasija Sevastova 4-6 6-2 6-3

Hope for a good draw now! :cheer:
 
#1,158 ·
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After the horrific choke job from last week, Moni this time made use of her GOAT draw and defeated Pironkova 6-3 6-2 in the first round of New Haven! :D

Great return stats! Tsvetana could only hold once the whole match! Now take revenge for Alex against Schiavone! :devil:
 
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US Open, main Draw:

(5) Kvitova v Dulgheru
Mayr-Achleitner v Niculescu
(WC) Craybas v (WC) Keys
Rybarikova v (27) Safarova

Only Romanian player drawing an unseed in Round 1! :lol:
 
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