Week of 15th January:
Australian Open:
QR1:
Madalina Gojnea def. (2)Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) 6-3 6-3
QR1: Monica Puig (PUR) def.
Elena Bogdan 7-5 6-4
QR1:
Mihaela Buzarnescu def. Ling Zhang (HKG) 6-1 6-2
QR2:
Madalina Gojnea def. Reka-Luca Jani (HUN) 6-1 6-0
QR2: (20)Stefanie Voegele (SUI) def.
Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-3 4-6 6-2
FQR: Irena Pavlovic (FRA) def.
Madalina Gojnea 6-1 2-0 Ret.
R1: (Q)Paula Ormaechea (ARG) def.
Simona Halep 6-1 3-6 7-5
R1:
(31)Monica Niculescu def. Alizé Cornet (FRA) 5-7 6-0 6-3
R1: Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) def.
Irina-Camelia Begu 6-1 7-5
R1: (7)Vera Zvonareva (RUS) def.
Alexandra Dulgheru 7-6(4) 6-7(5) 6-3
R1:
Sorana Cîrstea def. (6)Samantha Stosur (AUS) 7-6(2) 6-3
R1: (23)Roberta Vinci (ITA) def.
Alexandra Cadantu 6-0 6-1
R2:
(31)Monica Niculescu def. Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 4-6 6-4 6-1
R2:
Sorana Cîrstea def. Urszula Radwanska (POL) 1-6 6-2 6-3
R3: (1)Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) def.
(31)Monica Niculescu 6-2 6-2
R3: Sara Errani (ITA) def.
Sorana Cîrstea 6-7(6) 6-0 6-2
$25,000 Plantation:
R1:
Ioana-Raluca Olaru def. (8)Catalina Castano (COL) 6-0 0-6 6-2
R2: Alexandra Stevenson (USA) def.
Ioana-Raluca Olaru 2-6 6-3 6-4 Lol
$10,000 Antalya-Belek:
R1:
(1)Cristina Dinu def. Ksenia Milevskaya (BLR) 6-2 7-5
R1:
(Q)Diana Marcu def. (WC)Milena Zubkov (TUR) 6-4 6-4
R1:
(Q)Alexandra Damaschin def.
Patricia Maria Tig 7-5 6-3
R1: (Q)Chantal Skamlova (SVK) def.
Cristina-Andreea Mitu 6-2 6-4
R1:
(Q)Patricia Chirea def. (WC)Nilay Gizem Altay (TUR) 6-1 6-0
R1:
(2)Liana-Gabriela Ungur def. Hulya Esen (TUR) 6-1 6-2
R2: Anastasia Frolova (RUS) def.
(1)Cristina Dinu 2-6 7-5 6-4
R2: (4)Ekaterina Yashina (RUS) def.
(Q)Diana Marcu 6-4 4-6 6-0
R2:
(Q)Alexandra Damaschin def. (Q)Chantal Skamlova (SVK) 6-4 7-6(4)
R2: (8)Gracia Radovanovic (FRA) def.
(Q)Patricia Chirea 6-3 6-7(4) 6-1
R2:
(2)Liana-Gabriela Ungur def. (Q)Evgeniya Svintsova (RUS) 6-0 6-1
QF: (5)Sofia Kvatsabaia (GEO) def.
(Q)Alexandra Damaschin 6-3 6-0
QF:
(2)Liana-Gabriela Ungur def. (8)Gracia Radovanovic (FRA) 6-2 6-2
SF: (5)Sofia Kvatsabaia (GEO) def.
(2)Liana-Gabriela Ungur 6-0 3-0 Ret.
Romanian Player of the Week:
Sorana Cîrstea(59) reaching the third round of the Australian Open climbing nearer and nearer towards the Top 50!
Romanian Upset of the Week:
Sorana Cîrstea defeating the #6 seed and reigning US Open Champion Samantha Stosur(6) in the first round of the Australian Open in straight sets!
Honourable mantion to Madalina Gojnea(186) defeating the #2 seed Akgul Amanmuradova(113) in the first qualifying round of the Australian Open!
Romanian Fail of the Week:
Simona Halep(50) losing in the first round of the Australian Open to qualifier Paula Ormaechea(199) getting breadsticked and losing in 3 sets after wasting a break lead in the decider.
Honourable mentions to #3 seed Cristina-Andreea Mitu(346) losing to qualifier Chantal Skamlova(1206) in the first round of the 10k tournament in Antalya-Belek.
At the same tournament, the top seed Cristina Dinu(306) lost in second round to Anastasia Frolova(1089) in 3 sets...
Romanian Fighter of the Week:
Sorana Cîrstea(59) winning in the second round of the AO against Urszula Radwanks(99) in 3 sets after getting breadsticked in the first.
She even fought her way through the match against Sara Errani(48) after saving a SP and eventually winning the first set, finishing the match despite a lower back injury.
Honourable mention for Monica Niculescu(32) fighting 3.11h against Alize Cornet(88) in the R1 of the AO after being a set and a break in the final set down!
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