Week of 7th May:
WTA Madrid:
R1: (WC)Venus Williams (USA) def.
Simona Halep 6-1 4-6 7-6(6)
R1: (Q)Lourdes Dominguez-Lino (ESP) def.
Monica Niculescu 6-0 7-6(6)
R1:
Sorana Cîrstea def. (7)Marion Bartoli (FRA) 6-7(6) 6-4 6-3
R1: (2)Maria Sharapova (RUS) def.
Irina-Camelia Begu 6-0 6-3
R2: Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) def.
Sorana Cîrstea 6-1 3-6 7-5
$100,000 Cagnes-sur-Mer:
QR1:
(5)Mihaela Buzarnescu def. Sarah Gronert (GER) 6-4 1-6 6-1
QR2: Anna Floris (ITA) def.
(5)Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-1 6-1
R1:
(3)Alexandra Cadantu def.
Edina Gallovits-Hall 6-4 7-6(5)
R2:
(3)Alexandra Cadantu def. Heather Watson (GBR) 6-1 6-4
QF: Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) def.
(3)Alexandra Cadantu 6-0 6-3
$10,000 Bad Saarow:
R1: (Q)Dejana Raickovic (GER) def.
(Q)Bianca Hincu 7-6(2) 4-6 6-1
$10,000 Florence:
R1: (Q)Giulia Sussarello (ITA) def.
Elora Dabija 7-5 6-3
Romanian Player of the Week:
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Romanian Upset of the Week:
Sorana Cîrstea(47) defeating #7 seed Marion Bartoli(7) in the 1st round of the WTA tournament in Madrid.
Romanian Fail of the Week:
Qualifier Lourdes Dominguez-Lino(110) defeating Monica Niculescu(32) in the 1st round of Madrid after the Romanian came back from a 2-5 in the 2nd set just to waste at least 6 SPs herself.
Sorana Cîrstea(47) losing to Anabel Medina Garrigues(27) after going 0/8 on Bps in the final set, while AMG took her 1st MP on BP to close it out.
#5 seed Mihaela Buzarnescu(148) losing in the qualifying tournament of the 100k event in cagnes-sur-Mer to Anna Flori(184) only winning 2 games.
Elora Dabija(571) losing in the 1st round of the 10k tournament in Florence to Giulia Sussarello(905) in straights sets.
Romanian Fighter of the Week:
