This is a cheering thread for Laura-Ioana Andrei, who's had impressive results this year. The 19-year-old from Bucharest is already an impressive doubles player, with 13 ITF doubles titles in her short career.
Now she is looking to gain ground in singles. She was a finalist at the 10K in Dijon, France in March, and just got to the quarterfinals of the 100K+H in Tourhout, Belgium.
(1)Julia Cohen (USA) v Ana Sofia Sanchez (MEX)
(Q)Francoise Abanda (CAN) v (Q)Gloria Liang (CAN)
Nuria Parrizas-Diaz (ESP) v Laura-Ioana Andrei (ROU)
(8)Dia Evtimova (BUL) v (Q)Hilda Melander (SWE)
(6)Marina Melnikova (RUS) v (Q)Sonja Molnar (CAN)
Marcela Zacarias (MEX) v (wc)Ana Luisa Perez Lopez (MEX)
Barbara Bonic (SRB) v Laura-Ioana Andrei (ROU)
(2)Adriana Perez (VEN) v Miyu Kato (JPN)
(2) Adriana Perez (VEN) d. Laura-Ioana Andrei (ROU) 76(4) 63. LIA was actually up 4-0 in the first set and served for the set at 6-5, but still ended up losing in the end .
(8)Clothilde de Bernardi (FRA) v Julia Boserup (USA)
Barbara Bonic (SRB) v (wc)Ana Luisa Perez Lopez (MEX) Laura-Ioana Andrei (ROU) v (Q)Marie-Alexandre Leduc (CAN)
(3)Allie Kiick (USA) v Miyu Kato (JPN)
^She's been pretty unlucky with the draw, but even when she had a chance to pull out an upset, like against Perez, she managed to lose in the end. Hopefully doubles works out better for her.
Not sure what her lower-ranked doubles tournaments are but there's a very good chance she'll move into the top 200 after her semi, final and now this semifinal points from Merida are added in (82 pts -whee!).
(1)Laura-Ioana Andrei (ROU) v (wc)Muge Topsel (TUR)
(Q)Anastasiya Yepisheva (KAZ) v (wc)Melissa Sehovic (BIH)
Stefana Andrei (ROU) v Stefanie Stemmer (GER)
(5)Milana Spremo (SRB) v Pauline Payet (FRA)
10K Antalya (TUR), MD:
(1)Laura-Ioana Andrei (ROU) v (wc)Teodora Radosavljevic (SRB)
(Q)Stefana Andrei (ROU) v (Q)Patricia Maria Tig (ROU)
(Q)Zhaoxuan Yang (CHN) v Cristina Adamescu (ROU)
(6)Vivien Juhaszova (SVK) v Lenka Wienerova (SVK)
(3)Reka-Luca Jani (HUN) v Laura-Ioana Andrei (ROU)
Marianna Zakarlyuk (UKR) v Anna-Giulia Remondina (ITA)
(Q)Kinnie Laisne (FRA) v Margalita Chakhnashvili-Ranzinger (GEO)
(8)Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (THA) v (Q)Ekaterina Yashina (RUS)