Residence : Bucharest, Romania Date of birth : 03/05/1990 Birthplace : Bucharest, Romania Height : 1.66m Weight : 46 kg Plays : Right Handed (Double Handed Backhand) Favourite Surface : Clay Win/Loss Record - Singles : 145 - 70 ITF Women's Circuit singles titles : 7 Career High Singles : 248 (December 20, 2010), current rank is 250
Personally
* Alexandra started playing tennis when she was 4 years old * Her father, Alexandru, got her on the tennis court for first time * Short right kick is her preffered shot * She likes playing offensive on court * As personal interests are swimming and listening to music
I'm pretty sure I have already said that elsewhere, but I want to repeat that Alexandra is one of the physically fittest players in the WTA Top 100. Even though she is having some horrible start into a match, she can be able to get back into it, by just hanging in there, getting as many balls back as possible and let the other player implode.
She doesn't have to play great tennis to dispatch these ITF players. She already showed it against Mrdeza in Bogota or Pous in Cali. She will always find a way to just tough it out.
I don't see her beating Babos on clay in this form, but she will be the 1st player to enter as a LL if someone else might withdraw.
(7)Kristina Mladenovic v (LL)Alexandra Cadantu
Yulia Putintseva v Mathilde Johansson
Arantxa Rus v Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor
Chanelle Scheepers v (2)Sorana Cirstea
If she takes Maldenovic out, which I seriously doubt, she'll lose in straight sets to Putintseva.
Normally Mladenovic is beatable on clay, but after today's counter-performance from Alex, I'm reserved in making any predictions.
My reserves stop when it comes to Putintseva, things are clear there. Should them meet in the second round, Cadantu will replay today's match.
I didn't either, but I followed the livescores amid my breaks from writing my dissertation and she had break points to go and serve for the first set and in the 3rd she was 4-2 up
"...Then the third set started.. I started to feel really tired and couldn't put the same intensity to produce my tennis. I was more defensive and lost the important points - and my opponent played better.
2/4, 15/40 down in the third set.. I was definitely in a bad situation with the scoreboard; but the worst thing was from that moment I got cramps in my right calf and thigh!!!!!!! Everybody around the court was, I guess, expecting me to lose this match - I say that because I was the first one to think, 'Oh my God, how am I gonna do this now?' At that point I was serving and just tried to serve some big serves and save that game to at least make it to 3/4.. which happened!..."
Almost no time to adapt to Marrakech conditions after playing indoors for Fed Cup, tired, injured, but still she did it.