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Irina-Camelia Begu Cheering Thread!

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#1 ·
I'm surprised there wasn't a thread for this promising Romanian, so I made one. Here it is:
Date of Birth: 26/08/1990
Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania
Residence: Bucharest, Romania
Current Singles Rank: 228(Career-High)
Current Doubles Rank: 358(Career-High)
 
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#4,633 ·
And here is the draw:
(3)Halep v BYE
Kucova v Osaka
Q v Q
(32)Makarova v BYE
(21)Garcia v BYE
Peng v Kovinic
Bouchard v (wc)Barty
(14)Stosur v BYE

(10)Konta v BYE
Cornet v Q
Dodin v Parmentier
(24)Babos v BYE
(28)Begu v BYE
Arruabarrena v (wc)Vikhlyantseva
Golubic v Pironkova
(8)Keys v BYE
Not easy. Watch out for Vikhlyantseva in the first match already. Then follows Keys... not the toughest out there, but still, a Top10 player nevertheless.
 
#4,636 · (Edited)
I thought this was the most winnable match for a Romanian in this round, but Lara just won 4 games in a row to take it to a decider. :unsure:

And the decider started with 3 more games for Lara... that's 7 in a row. :facepalm: I mean, nothing she hasn't come back from, but still... :tape:

EDIT: lost 6-3 4-6 3-6 (after having game point for 4-3) :(

Better luck in Charlston.
 
#4,644 ·
Well, this happened... Irina loses to Arruabarrena in a match where she seemed in control... while Patty won over Mladenovic, in a match where you constantly had the feeling Kiki is gonna come back, converting one of those (many) BP's. I would have put a lot of money on the opposite results for these two matches.
 
#4,645 ·
That's why I (almost) never bet on sports :lol:. In all fairness, Kiki started to lose it mentally towards the end of the first set. The way she snapped at her mother when she dared suggest she was nervous was pretty funny. Irina needs to find the fighting spirit she had after her ranking dropped a few years ago and she had to go play ITF's for a while. Ideally without having to go through the ranking drop.
 
#4,647 ·
Yet another Irina Begu third set tiebreak win (TM) in Charleston :worship: After last year's wins against Garcia and Puig, Irina now adds Kucova to the list :lol:
Stosur next... they've never played before and I've been actually looking forward to this match-up. Since I don't watch ATP almost at all, this might be the closest I'll get. Sounds fun :) Good luck Irina :cheer:


Volvo Car Open (USA)
R32: (10)Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) d. Kristina Kucova (SVK) 46 62 76(6)
 
#4,648 ·
R16: (10)Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) d. (7) Sam Stosur (AUS) 75 63 :cheer:

Hope she's ok after that weird fall chasing down a drop shot early in the second set. Seemed ok closing the match, which is good news. Also, can we somehow trick her into thinking slow hard courts are actually clay? Think she'd play even better in that case
 
#4,649 ·
What a great win :cheer: Hard to do something against Irina when she serves like that.. only dropped three points on serve in the second set and overall she only got broken once, in a game where she lost focus at 40-0 :scared:

Hope she's ok after that weird fall chasing down a drop shot early in the second set.
Having the presence of mind to hit a winner mid-fall tho :worship:
 
#4,650 · (Edited)
Lost to Kasatkina 46 16 in what was by far her worst showing against the young russian this year. Her footwork got exposed, her serve was weak, the BH an error-machine... really a match to forget after that great win against Stosur. All in all tho, a really good tournament for Irina to start her beloved clay season :yeah:

Next tournament [after FC] should be Istanbul. A deep run there could take some pressure of her before having to defend those huge points in Madrid/Rome/Paris :)

Pics from Charleston
Training: http://www.opentenis.ro/stiri/imagini-de-la-antrenamentul-irinei-camelia-begu-la-volvo-car-open
R1: http://www.opentenis.ro/stiri/irina-camelia-begu-s-a-calificat-fara-sa-cedeze-vreun-game
R2: http://www.opentenis.ro/stiri/irina-camelia-begu-este-in-optimi-la-charleston
R3: http://www.opentenis.ro/stiri/irina-camelia-begu-joaca-azi-in-sferturi-la-charleston
QF: http://www.opentenis.ro/stiri/imagini-de-la-meciul-irinei-camelia-begu-in-sferturi-la-volvo-car-open
 
#4,655 ·
Flawless tennis in the first set against Flipkens, the english commentator was even saying what a threat she'll be at the French Open playing like that... of course this being Irina it all went sideways after that, especially her serve :lol: Idk what she did at the end there (I'm assuming she read a prayer or something) but it worked, she finally held serve in the second to last game and broke to win the match 61 16 63 :yeah:

 
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