[Sherbi]

What a week for the Romanian tennis: Niculescu, Olaru, Dulgheru, Szatmari qualified for WTA tournaments, Niculescu then beats Groenfeld and Beygelzimer to go to QF in Stratsbourg, Olaru and Dulgheru (WTA 200!) qualify to QF also, Dulgheru by beating Errani WTA 36!, Halep and Begu win their first round matches in RG qualifying! I would like this to continue! Dont' wake me up!!!!

[hellas719]

14 of the 16 girls in the second round at $10,000 Bucharest III this week are Romanians

[thadeuss]

http://www.opentenis.ro/stiri/turneu...-dragomir.html
Bad news 100K GDF Suez Romania was canceled this year because of financial difficulties of the main sponsor (GDF Suez). The tournament was suposed to be a WTA 220k event this year but insead they can't even hold a 100k event

But there will be a 75k tournement in July 24 - August 1 called "Turneul Ruxandra Dragomir". All the expenses for this tournement will come from Ruxandra's pocket.

[Shvedbarilescu]

Originally Posted by thadeuss

http://www.opentenis.ro/stiri/turneu...-dragomir.html
Bad news 100K GDF Suez Romania was canceled this year because financial difficulties of the main sponsor (GDF Suez). The tournament was suposed to be a WTA 220k event this year but insead they can't even hold a 100k event

But there will be a 75k tournement in July 24 - August 1 called "Turneul Ruxandra Dragomir". All the expenses for this tournement will come from Ruxandra's pocket.

Ruxandra

[thadeuss]

ITF events in Romania (2011)

[thadeuss]

Irina Spîrlea is no longer the FedCup captain.

[Curcubeu]

Originally Posted by thadeuss

Irina Spîrlea is no longer the FedCup captain.

And Pavel stopped coaching the Davis Cup team!

Considering the general inability of Romania's tennis federation, I'm surprised that we have so many up and coming women's player!

In soccer for example, the grievances of our national federation are clearly visible on the performances of our team...

[Louis Cyphre]

Can someone tell me 2-3 of the biggest and most visited romanian website, dedicated only to tennis? Thanx

[Curcubeu]

The only one I use frequently is the tennis section of prosport:

http://www.prosport.ro/alte-sporturi/tenis/

[thadeuss]

hey Louis, there aren't big websites dedicated only to tennis. The biggest sport newspappers have a section dadicated only to tennis and they are the most visited. Anyway I'll make a list of all romanian websites that I know dedicated entirely to tennis or have a section dedicated to tennis

1. The Romanian Tennis Federation
http://www.frt.ro/ro/

2. Sport newspappers & televisions with dedicated sections
http://www.prosport.ro/alte-sporturi/tenis/

http://www.digisport.ro/tenis

http://www.gsp.ro/sporturi/tenis-118.html

http://www.onlinesport.ro/tenis/

http://www.realitatea.net/tenis.html

http://www.dolce-sport.ro/sporturi/tenis/

http://www.sport.ro/tenis

3. Tennis magazines
http://www.tenis-total.ro/

http://www.tenispartener.ro/ro/

4. Websites dedicated only to tennis (are kinda small)
http://www.opentenis.ro/

http://tenis.info.ro/#inscore_ifheight_xdc_2772

http://www.tenisromania.ro/index.php

http://www.tenisdecamp.ro/#inscore_ifheight_xdc_2732

This blog belongs to a federal coach and you can find lots of infos mostly about romanian juniors
http://www.coachcorner.ro/

[Curcubeu]

I even don't know most of them!

[thadeuss]

Don't worry you're not missing anything

[codrutc]

I check tenisromania quite often. I really liked what I've seen on Coach's Corner, very good site. Thanks.

[Louis Cyphre]

Thanx for the info

[Curcubeu]

Ciprian Porumb is the new Romanian Davis Cup coach

The girls' Fed Cup team will be led by Sever Dron from now on.

"Following the Board meeting on Thursday FRT was decided that corn is the new captain Ciprian nejucător Davis Cup team and will handle Sever Dron Fed Cup team. Ciprian corn, which is a member of the Executive Board, abstained from voting because he could not vote himself, while Dron was elected unanimously, "said Ruxandra Dragomir, who participated Friday in the second event of the 'Tennis 10" initiated by the FRT, held at School no. 45 in Bucharest.

Ruxandra Dragomir said Ciprian corn is suitable for this position. "Ciprian Maize deserves this position was a component of the Davis Cup team and has its own club, he runs very well. He will be available for Davis Cup team, where we invested a lot and best man for Romanian tennis to be promoted more, but also supported. Every player is obliged to come at the request of captain. A tennis player playing for Romania and for no particular man, "said Dragomir.

In the case of Sever Dron experience that mattered has FRT chairman. "It's a right person, with great experience, has trained top players and his experience will bring added value to the team, which is already very soluidă" Dragomir completed.

Board of the Romanian Tennis Federation decided on 20 October, the positions of captain Davis Cup team, owned by Andrew Paul, and the Fed Cup team captain, which was occupied by Irina scrounge to become vacant .

In September, Romania's Davis Cup team lost to the Czech Republic to maintain the dam in World Group, was defeated by a score of 5-0. However, Romania's team failed in early February, the qualification in the dam for the second World Group Federation Cup after he ranked second in Group D of the Third Division.