Other Romanians to look out for - Ungur, Buzarnescu, Andrei, Damaschin
Instead of posting a new cheering thread for each Romanian, we'll keep track of them all here until they do enough to earn their own thread (something I don't feel Dabija or Begu has done yet, but to each his own).
(1)Raluca Elena Platon (ROU) v Andreea Ghitescu (ROU) Emel Abibula (ROU) v Georgia Andreea Craciun (ROU)
(Q)Dana Kremer (GER) v Angeliki Kairi (GRE)
(6)Oana Georgeta Simion (ROU) v Camelia-Elena Hristea (ROU)
(4)Cristina Ene (ROU) v (wc)Andreea Prisacariu (ROU)
(Q)Avital Vaysbuch (ISR) v (wc)Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROU) Stefana Andrei (ROU) v (Q)Ylona-Georgiana Ghioroaie (ROU)
(8)Irina Fetecau (ROU) v (Q)Alexandra Perper (MDA)
(7)Gabriela Talaba (ROU) v (wc)Gabriela Nicole Tatarus (ROU) Gabriela Duca (ROU) v (Q)Marina Cozac (USA) (Q)Lorena Constantin (ROU) v Daniela Ciobanu (MDA)
(3)Laetitia Sarrazin (FRA) v (Q)Teodora Stinga (ROU)
(5)Cristina Adamescu (ROU) v Ioana Ducu (ROU)
Simona Ionescu (ROU) v (Q)Iulia Maria Ivascu (ROU) Cristina Moroi (ROU) v (wc)Yasmin Gulman (TUR) (2)Daiana Negreanu (ROU) v Bianca Hincu (ROU)
Congrats to Stinga for qualifying. She's a good player, too bad she draw the third seed in her first round
She had played before a few matches on ITF but only in Q's. Fyi she is actually based in Belfast, Northern Ireland There was a nice piece on her in the local paper I stumbled upon a few time ago, here it is:
While the cream of the world’s tennis players strut their stuff on Wimbledon’s grass, one man is defying the odds to allow his daughter to one day play at SW19.
Leonard Bejenaru (44), a Romanian who has been living in east Belfast for 10 years, is all too aware of the cost of making 15-year-old Karola's dreams come true in a country without an official indoor centre of excellence. [...]
Mea culpa for not checking that information first (I was sure my memory was fine and I didn't remember seeing her in any ITF draws, turns out I'm getting old)
While the cream of the world’s tennis players strut their stuff on Wimbledon’s grass, one man is defying the odds to allow his daughter to one day play at SW19.
Leonard Bejenaru (44), a Romanian who has been living in east Belfast for 10 years, is all too aware of the cost of making 15-year-old Karola's dreams come true in a country without an official indoor centre of excellence. [...]
Amintiri cu Halep, Mladenovici, Buguruza şi Bouchard
Jucătoarea pietreană de tenis, Ilinca Stoica (20 ani), a trecut şi de a “doua etapă” de studenţie, în America, la Virginia Tech. Ea a fost şi în acest an lidera echipei de tenis a universităţi, reuşind s-o depăşească în trei seturi pe numărul 2 din America, Beatrice Capra. Şi pe jucătoarea numărul unu a fost foarte aproape de a o învinge, dar cunoscutele sale dureri de spate au împiedicat-o să câştige.[...]
R1: Karola Patricia Bejenaru (ROU) d. Carla Castillo Velarde (ESP) 62 61
R2: Karola Patricia Bejenaru (ROU) d. Siri Victorsson (SWE) 62 61
R3: Karola Patricia Bejenaru (ROU) d. (5)Ksenija Sharifova (RUS) 62 64
10k Madrid (ESP), MD:
(1)Maria Sakkari (GRE) v (Q)Maria del Rosario Canero Perez (ESP) (Q)Karola Patricia Bejenaru (ROU) v Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers (ESP)
(Q)Marina Olalla Abajo (ESP) v (Q)Georgina Garcia-Perez (ESP)
(7)Caroline Romeo (FRA) v (Q)Iana Tishchenko (MDA)
(1)Pernilla Mendesova (CZE) v (Q)Andreea Amalia Rosca (ROU)
(Q)Valeri Zatulko (UKR) v (Q)Victoria Ocheva (BUL)
Saray Sterenbach (ISR) v (Q)Antonina Lysakova (RUS)
(7)Raluca Elena Platon (ROU) v (wc)Polina Radeva (BUL)
(3)Olga Doroshina (RUS) v Daniela Ciobanu (MDA)
(Q)Alexandra Perper (MDA) v Simona Ionescu (ROU)
Cristina Adamescu (ROU) v (Q)Raluca Ciufrila (ROU)
(6)Anastasia Rudakova (RUS) v (wc)Petia Arshinkova (BUL)
(8)Gabriela Talaba (ROU) v (Q)Andrada Ioana Surdeanu (ROU)
(wc)Viktoria Bardarova (BUL) v Vivian Zlatanova (BUL)
Nadiya Kolb (UKR) v (wc)Viktoriya Zheleva (BUL)
(4)Lina Gjorcheska (MKD) v Julia Terziyska (BUL)
(5)Diana Buzean (ROU) v Hulya Esen (TUR)
Oana Georgeta Simion (ROU) v Gabriela Duca (ROU) (Q)Teodora Stinga (ROU) v (LL)Gebriela Mihaylova (BUL)
(2)Isabella Shinikova (BUL) v Helen Ploskina (UKR)
Very happy for Stinga. I hope she wins her first round match here
(1)Pernilla Mendesova (CZE) v Gabriela Duca (ROU)
Irina Fetecau (ROU) v (Q)Anastasiya Klymenko (UKR)
Karolina Stuchla (CZE) v (wc)Tanya Raykova (BUL)
(5)Csilla Argyelan (HUN) v (Q)Julia Helbet (MDA)
(3)Diana Buzean (ROU) v Daniela Ciobanu (MDA)
Cristina Adamescu (ROU) v (Q)Teodora Stinga (ROU)
Simona Ionescu (ROU) v (Q)Lenka Kuncikova (CZE)
(6)Anastasia Vdovenco (MDA) v Helen Ploskina (UKR)
(7)Elena Bogdan (ROU) v Vivian Zlatanova (BUL)
Julia Terziyska (BUL) v (Q)Alisa Martinov (MDA)
Hulya Esen (TUR) v (wc)Petia Arshinkova (BUL)
(4)Raluca Elena Platon (ROU) v (wc)Victoria Ocheva (BUL)
(8)Anna Katalina Alzate Esmurzaeva (NED) v Michaela Boev (BEL)
(Q)Gabriela Yakalieva (BUL) v (wc)Magdalena Stoilkovska (MKD)
Nadiya Kolb (UKR) v (Q)Alexandra Perper (MDA)
(2)Isabella Shinikova (BUL) v (Q)Yulia Kulikova (RUS)
Once again, congratulations to Teodora Stinga for qualifying! :yeah: