[Curcubeu]

Week of 6th February:

WTA Paris:
QR1: Marta Domachowska (POL) def. Elena Bogdan 6-4 6-4

R1: Monica Niculescu def. Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) 6-1 4-6 6-4
R1: (7)Roberta Vinci (ITA) def. Simona Halep 6-4 6-4
R2: (9)Angelique Kerber def. Monica Niculescu 6-3 4-6 6-3

WTA Pattaya:
R1: (7)Sorana Cîrstea def. Erika Sema (JPN) 6-2 6-2
R2: (7)Sorana Cîrstea def. Miskai Doi (JPN) 6-2 6-2
QF: (7)Sorana Cîrstea def. (1)Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 2-6 6-4 2-2 Ret.
SF: (4)Maria Kirilenko (RUS) def. (7)Sorana Cîrstea 6-2 5-7 6-4




$100,000 Cali:
QR2: (3)Raluca Olaru def. Maria Paulina Perez Garcia (COL) 6-0 6-2
FQR: (5)Teliana Pereira (BRA) def. (3)Raluca Olaru 2-6 6-3 6-4

R1: (2)Alexandra Dulgheru def. Sharon Fichman (CAN) 6-2 6-0
R1: (8)Alexandra Cadantu def. (Q)Annalisa Bona (ITA) 6-4 6-0
R2: (2)Alexandra Dulgheru def. (Q)Ines Ferrer-Suarez 7-6(9) 6-4
R2: (8)Alexandra Cadantu def. Petra Rampre (SLO) 6-4 5-7 7-6(6)
QF: (2)Alexandra Dulgheru def. Alexandra Cadantu 6-2 6-3
SF: (2)Alexandra Dulgheru def. (4)Lourdes Dominguez-Lino 3-6 6-2 7-5
F: (2)Alexandra Dulgheru def. Mandy Minella (LUX) 6-3 1-6 6-3

$10,000 Antalya-Belek:
R1: (4)Diana Enache def. (Q)Nikol Hristova (BUL) 6-2 7-5
R1: (LL)Cristina Adamescu def. (WC)Nilay Gizem Altay (TUR) 6-0 6-1
R1: Raluca Elena Platon def. Yumi Nakano (JPN) 6-7(7) 6-1 7-6(5)
R1: (2)Cristina Dinu def. Yuuki Tanaka (JPN) 6-1 5-7 6-0
R2: (4)Diana Enache def. (Q)Vladyslava Zanosiyenko (UKR) 6-3 6-3
R2: (8)Natalija Kostic (SRB) def. (LL)Cristina Adamescu 6-2 6-2
R2: (6)Danielle Harmsen (NED) def. Raluca Elena Platon 7-6(7) 6-2
R2: (2)Cristina Dinu def. Ran Tian (CHN) 6-4 6-2
QF: (4)Diana Enache def. (8)Natalija Kostic (SRB) 6-0 6-2
QF: (2)Cristina Dinu def. (6)Danielle Harmsen (NED) 6-4 6-4
SF: (4)Diana Enache def. (Q)Eri Hozumi (JPN) 7-5 6-4
SF: (2)Cristina Dinu def. (3)Marina Shamayko (RUS) 6-3 6-3
F: (2)Cristina Dinu def. (4)Diana Enache 6-1 6-1




Romanian Players of the Week:
#2 seed Alexandra Dulgheru(61) winning the 100k ITF in Cali starting her claycourt campaign early this year!

Honourable mention to Cristina Dinu(297) for winning her second 10k tournament this year in Antalya getting on a 10 match winning streak!

Romanian Upset of teh Week:
Sorana Cîrstea(54) defeating Top seed Vera Zvonareva(8) in the quarterfinal of Pattaya by retirement.

Romanian Fail of the Week:
#3 seed Raluca Olaru(275) losing in the qualification tournament of Cali against the #5 seed Teliana Pereira(335) after winning the first set by 2-6, oh wait it's Raluca, nothing can shock us there anymore...

Romanian Fighter of the Week:
2 mentionings this time with Alexandra Cadantu(112) saving 3 MPs against Petra Rampre(180) in the second round of Cali eventually winning it in the tiebreak and of course Alexandra Dulgheru(63) saving 2MPs against Lourdes Dominguez-Lino(82) coming back from being 1-5 down in the decider to win it by 7-5 in the end!

[Curcubeu]

Week of 13th February:

WTA Doha:
R1: Monica Niculescu def. Elena Vesnina (RUS) 6-1 6-0
R1: Simona Halep def. (15)Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 3-6 6-2 7-6(4)
R1: Sorana Cîrstea def. Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) 6-4 6-1
R2: Monica Niculescu def. (6)Vera Zvonareva 7-5 3-2 Ret.
R2: Simona Halep def. Iveta Benesova (CZE) 6-4 6-4
R2: (3)Samantha Stosur (AUS) def. Sorana Cîrstea 6-4 7-6(5)
R3: Monica Niculescu def. (Q)Kataryna Bondarenko (UKR) 7-6(5) 6-4
R3: (1)Victoria Azarenka (BLR) def. Simona Halep 6-3 6-1
QF: (3)Samantha Stosur (AUS) def. Monica Niculescu 6-2 2-6 6-3

WTA Bogota:
QR1: Raluca Olaru def. (WC)Hana Birnerova (CZE) 6-1 6-0
QR2: (4)Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) def. Raluca Olaru 6-2 6-3

R1: Karin Knapp (ITA) def. (2)Alexandra Dulgheru 6-2 6-2
R1: (3)Romina Oprandi (SUI) def. Alexandra Cadantu 6-2 6-2
R1: Edina Gallovits-Hall def. Julia Cohen (USA) 6-4 6-1
R2: Edina Gallovits-Hall def. (1)Marina Erakovic (NZL) 6-4 6-4
QF: Edina Gallovits-Hall def. Mariana Duque-Marino (COL) 7-6(3) 3-6 6-2
SF: Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino (ESP) def. Edina Gallovts-Hall 6-4 6-3




$25,000 Surprise:
R1: (6)Mihaela Buzarnescu def. Amanda Fink (USA) 3-6 6-1 6-0
R2: (Q)Heidi El Tabakh (CAN) def. (6)Mihaela Buzarnescu 7-6(2) 6-3

$25,000 Rabat:
R1: (Q)Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor (ESP) def. Cristina Dinu 7-5 6-0

$10,000 Sharm El Sheikh:
R1: (SE)Barbara Haas (AUT) def. (Q)Elena-Teodora Cadar 6-4 6-3

$10,000 Antalya-Kaya Belek:
R1: (7)Natalija Kostic (SRB) def. (LL)Cristina Adamescu 6-1 1-0 Ret.
R1: Natasha Fourouclas (RSA) def. Raluca Elena Platon 1-6 6-1 6-0
R1: (Q)Diana Marcu def. (WC)Katherine Ip (HKG) 7-5 6-1
R1: (2/WC)Liana-Gabriela Ungur def. Yumi Miyazaki (JPN) 6-2 6-1
R2: (2/WC)Liana-Gabriela Ungur def. (Q)Diana Marcu 6-0 6-1
QF: (2/WC)Liana-Gabriela Ungur def. Natasha Fourouclas (RSA) 6-0 6-0
SF: (2/WC)Liana-Gabriela Ungur def. (SE)Eri Hozumi (JPN) 6-3 6-0
F: (1)Yuliya Beygelzimer (UKR) def. (2/WC)Liana-Gabriela Ungur 7-5 7-5




Romanian Player of the Week:
Monica Niculescu(31) for reaching the quarterfinal of the Premier Event in Doha.

Honourable mention to Edina Gallovits-Hall(128) for reaching the semifinal in Bogota gettng back into Top 100!

Romanian Upset of the Week:
Monica Niculescu(31) for defeating the #6 seed Vera Zvonareva(8) by retirement after winning the first set.

Romanian Fail of the Week:
#2 seed Alexandra Dulgheru(53) for losing in the first round of Bogota to Karin Knapp(157) in 2 easy sets...

Romanian Fighter of the Week:
Monica Niculescu(31) for beating qualifier Kataryna Bondarenko(90) after trailing 2-5 in the 1st set and in the tiebreak just to win it in straights.

[Curcubeu]

Week of 20th February:

WTA Dubai:
QR1: Simona Halep def. Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 6-0 6-0
QR2: Simona Halep def. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) 6-1 6-1
FQR: Simona Halep def. Arantxa Rus (NED) 6-2 6-2

R1: Maria Kirilenko (RUS) def. Monica Niculescu 6-3 6-0
R1: (Q)Simona Halep def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 6-4 6-2
R2: (3)Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) def. (Q)Simona Halep 6-2 6-3

WTA Monterrey:
R1: Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) def. (4)Alexandra Dulgheru 6-3 6-3
R1: Alexandra Cadantu def. Jelena Dokic (AUS) 3-6 6-1 7-5
R1: (3/WC)Sorana Cîrstea def. Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 6-3 2-6 7-5
R2: Alexandra Cadantu def. Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) 7-6(6) 6-3
R2: Timea Babos (HUN) def. (3/WC)Sorana Cîrstea 4-6 6-4 6-2
QF: Alexandra Cadantu def. (8)Lourdes Dominguez-Lino (ESP) 6-2 6-0
SF: Alexandra Cadantu def. (6)Greta Arn (HUN) 6-2 4-6 7-5
F: Timea Babos (HUN) def. Alexandra Cadantu 6-4 6-4




$10,000 Macon:
R1: (Q)Sybille Gauvain (FRA) def. Diana Stomlega 6-1 6-4

$10,000 Sharm El Sheikh:
R1: (LL)Vanda Lukacs (HUN) def. (Q)Stefania Andrei 6-3 6-3
R1: (Q)Elena-Teodora Cadar def. (6)Ani Amiraghyan (ARM) 7-6(4) 6-2
R2: (Q)Elena-Teodora Cadar def. Anaeve Pain (FRA) 4-6 6-3 6-2
QF: (Q)Elena-Teodora Cadar def. Janina Toljan (AUT) 6-3 6-4
SF: (8)Natela Dzalamidze (RUS) def. (Q)Elena-Teodora Cadar 6-3 6-2

$10,000 Antalya-Belek:
R1: (3)Cristina-Andreea Mitu def. (WC)Fatmanur Atilgan (TUR) 6-0 6-0
R1: (2)Liana-Gabriela Ungur def. Xenia Knoll (SUI) 6-2 6-2
R2: (3)Cristina-Andreea Mitu def. Hulya Esen (TUR) 6-2 3-6 6-4
R2: (2)Liana-Gabriela Ungur def. (Q)Sanaz Marand (USA) 6-2 6-0
QF: (3)Cristina-Andreea Mitu def. (7)Alice Balducci (ITA) 7-5 6-4
QF: (Q)Mana Ayukawa (JPN) def. (2)Liana-Gabriela Ungur 6-3 6-7(4) 6-2
SF: (3)Cristina-Andreea Mitu def. (1)Yuliya Beygelzimer (UKR) 6-2 6-2
F: (3)Cristina-Andreea Mitu def. (Q)Mana Ayukawa (JPN) 6-3 6-0




Romanian Player of the Week:
Alexandra Cadantu(110) for reaching her first ever WTA final in her first outdoor Hard Court event on the tour.

Honourable mention to Cristina-Andreea Mitu(335) for winning the 10k tournament in Antalya-Belek.

Romanian Upset of the Week:
Alexandra Cadantu(110) def. #6 seed Greta Arn(68) in the semifinal of Monterrey, reaching her first WTA final.

Honourable mention to Elena-teodora Cadar(1037) beating the #6 seed Ani Amiraghyan(531) in the first round of the 10k tournament in Sharm El Sheikh and Cristina-Andreea Mitu(335) for winning against the Top seed Yuliya Beygelzimer(213) only dropping 4 games!

Romanian Fail of the Week:
#3 seed Alexandra Dulgheru(56) losing in the first round of Monterrey to sucking Silvia-Soler Espinosa(71) only grabbing 6 games.

Honourable mention to Liana-Gabriela Ungur(321) losing against the Japanese qualifier Mana Ayukawa(769) in the quarterfinal of Antalya.

Romanian Fighter of the Week:
This award goes twice to Alexandra Cadantu(110)
Firstly, for beating Silvia Soler-Espinosa(71) in the second round of Monterrey in straight sets after saving 2 SPs in the 1st set tiebreak.
And for beating Greta Arn(68) afer trailing 3-5 0-30 in the final set with a passionate effort!

[Djezonfly]

Originally Posted by Curcubeu

$10,000 Sharm El Sheikh:
R1: (LL)Vanda Lukacs (HUN) def. (Q)Stefania Andrei 6-3 6-3

I love that she lost to Lukacs after beating her in the FQR Fail award worthy, imo.

[Curcubeu]

I also considered that, but actually losing to some LL you beat in the FQR seems to be usual on the ITF circuit + Lukacs is actually the better player. I may add it, though.

[Curcubeu]

Week of 27th February:

WTA Acapulco:
QR1: (1)Edina Gallovits-Hall def. Victoria Larriere (FRA) 6-0 6-0
QR1: Garbine Muguruza Blanco (ESP) def. (5)Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-4 6-3
QR2: (1)Edina Gallovits-Hall def. Veronica Cepede-Royg (PAR) 7-5 7-6(5)
FQR: (1)Edina Gallovits-Hall def. Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 4-6 6-1 Ret.

R1: Michaella Krajicek (NED) def. Alexandra Cadantu 7-5 3-6 6-3
R1: Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) def. Alexandra Dulgheru 2-6 7-5 7-6(3)
R1: (4)Irina-Camelia Begu def. (SR)Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 7-6(3) 3-6 6-4
R1: (Q)Edina Gallovits-Hall def. Greta Arn (HUN) 7-5 7-5
R2: (4)Irina-Camelia Begu def. Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 6-3 6-1
R2: (3)Sara Errani (ITA) def. (Q)Edina Gallovits-Hall 6-4 6-1
QF: (4)Irina-Camelia Begu def. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 6-1 6-2
SF: (2)Flavia Pennetta (ITA) def. (4)Irina-Camelia Begu 6-2 6-2

WTA Kuala Lumpur:
QR1: (5)Elena Bogdan def. Nicole Rottmann (AUT) 6-4 6-1
QR2: (5)Elena Bogdan def. Chin-Wei Chan (TPE) 6-2 2-6 7-5
FQR: (2)Karolina Pliskova def. (5)Elena Bogdan 6-1 7-5




$10,000 Bron:
R1: Lucia Cervera-Vazquez (ESP) def. Diana Stomlega 6-2 6-3

$10,00 Antalya-Belek:
R1: (3)Cristina-Andreea Mitu def. Vivien Juhaszova (SVK) 6-2 6-2
R1: Marina Giral Lores (VEN) def. (Q)Cristina Ene 6-2 6-0
R1: (Q)Anastasia Mukhametova (RUS) def. (Q)Ionela-Andreea Iova 6-4 2-6 6-4
R2: (3)Cristina-Andreea Mitu def. (Q)Pei Chi-Lee (TPE) 6-3 6-0
QF: (3)Cristina-Andreea Mitu def. Marianna Zakarlyuk (UKR) 6-3 7-5
SF: (Q)Ana Savic (CRO) def. (3)Cristina-Andreea Mitu 6-2 6-1




Romanian Player of the Week:
Irina-Camelia Begu(54) for reaching the semifinal of the WTA tournament in Acapulco.

Romanian Upset of the Week:


Romanian Fail of the Week:
Alexandra Dulgheru(56) losing in the first round of Acapulco to Magdalena Rybarikova(98) after winning the first set easily and serving for the match in tight 3 sets.

Romanian Fighter of the Week:
Irina-Camelia Begu(54) for winning in the first round of Acapulco against Timea Bacsinszky(333) after trailing 1-3 in the deciding set by 6-4 in the 3rd set after more than 3 hours of play.

[Curcubeu]

Week of 5th March:

WTA Indian Wells:
QR1: (18)Edina Gallovits-Hall def. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 7-5 6-2
FQR: (9)Varvara Lepchenko (USA) def. (18)Edina Gallovits-Hall 6-1 6-1

R1: (WC)Irina Falconi (USA) def. Alexandra Dulgheru 4-6 5-2 Ret.
R1: Sorana Cîrstea def. Iveta Benesova (CZE) 4-6 7-5 7-6(5)
R1: Irina-Camelia Begu def. Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 4-6 7-5 6-2
R1: Simona Halep def. (Q)Shuai Zhang (CHN) 6-1 6-1
R2: Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) def. Monica Niculescu 6-3 6-3
R2: (5)Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) def. Sorana Cîrstea 6-2 6-4
R2: (20)Maria Kirilenko (RUS) def. Irina-Camelia Begu 7-6(4) 6-4
R2: Simona Halep def. (28)Petra Cetkovska (CZE) 6-2 6-4




$25,000 Iraputo:
Maria Joao Koehler (POR) def. (3)Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-4 6-0

$10,00 Antalya-Belek:
R1: (1)Cristina Dinu def. (Q)Lisa Sabino (SUI) 6-4 7-5
R1: (7)Andreea-Roxana Vaideanu (ITA) def. (Q)Bianca Hincu 3-6 6-2 6-3
R1: (Q)Tena Lukas (CRO) def. (3)Diana Enache 6-3 6-4
R1: Hulya Esen (TUR) def. (Q)Raluca Elena Platon 6-2 6-4
R2: (1)Cristina Dinu def. Claudia Giovine (ITA) 6-0 4-6 7-6(2)
QF: (6)Evelyn Mayr (ITA) def. (1)Cristina Dinu 6-0 6-0




Romanian Player of the Week:
No big run that week, but Simona Halep(50) is building up on her good form.

Romanian Upset of the Week:
Simona Halep(50) defeating #28 seed Petra Cetkovska(30) with easy in straight sets.

Romanian Fail of the Week:
#3 seed Mihaela Buzarnescu(151) winning only 4 games to Maria Joao Koehler(209) in the first round of the 25k event in Iraputo...

Hponourable mention to #3 seed Diana Enache(387) falling against the qualifier Tena Lukas(744) in the first round of the 10k in Antalya.

Romanian Fighter of the Week:
Irina-Camelia Begu(46) defeating Lucie Hradecka(61) in the first round of Indian Wells after saving 3 MPs, just to win it in an easy third set.

Honourable mention to Sorana Cîrstea(48) beating Iveta Benesova(43) in R1 of Indian Wells after losing the first set, but coming back from 3-5 down in the 2nd and saving numerous BPs in the decider to win it in the final set tiebreak where she was trailing 2-4 as well.

[Curcubeu]

Week of 12th March:

WTA Indian Wells:
R3: (2)Maria Sharapova (RUS) def. Simona Halep 6-3 6-4




10,000$ Madrid-Chamartin:
R1: (1)Raluca Olaru def. (Q)Andrea Lazaro Garcia (ESP) 6-4 6-2
R1: (8)Isabel Rapisarda Calvo (ESP) def. Ionela-Andreea Iova 6-3 3-0 Ret.
R1: (Q)Lucia Paz-Monteguado (ESP) def. Diana Stomlega 6-1 7-6(0)
R2: (1)Raluca Olaru def. (Q)Ons Jabeur (TUN) 6-2 6-4
QF: (1)Raluca Olaru def. (WC)Elena Cerezo Codina (ESP) 6-3 6-1
SF: (Q)Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) def. (1)Raluca Olaru 7-5 6-7(4) 6-4

10,000$ Antalya-Manavgat:
R1: (SE)Martina Di Giuseppe (ITA) def. (Q)Alexandra Damaschin 6-2 6-3
R1: (Q)Lucie Kriegsmannova (CZE) def. Patricia Maria Tig 3-6 6-1 6-4
R1: (5)Evelyn Mayr (ITA) def. Raluca Elena Platon 6-2 6-2
R1: (LL)Bianca Hincu def. (LL)Valeria Osadchenko (SWE) 4-6 6-2 7-5
R2: (4)Gioia Barbieri (ITA) def. (LL)Bianca Hincu 7-6(0) 6-0




Romanian Player of the Week:
Simona Halep reaching R3 of the WTA tournament in Indian Wells.

Romanian Upset of the Week:
-

Romanian Fail of the Week:
Raluca Olaru(311) losing to the 15 year old Sara Sorribes Tormo(1042) in a close 3 set match.

Romanian Fighter of the Week:
Simona Halep(50) coming back from 0-5 in the 2nd set against Maria Sharapova(2) to win 4 games in a row saving numerous MPs, but still had to let the Russian pass in straight sets.

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Week of 19th March:

WTA Miami:
QR1: Aravane Rezai def. (14)Edina Gallovits-Hall 6-2 3-6 7-5

R1: (WC)Heather Watson (GBR) def. Sorana Cîrstea 6-3 3-6 7-6(4)
R1: Simona Halep def. Carla Suarez-Navarro (ESP) 7-6(5) 3-6 6-3
R1: Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) def. Irina-Camelia Begu 3-6 6-3 6-0
R2: Simona Halep def. (32)Nadezhda Petrova (RUS) 6-3 6-2
R2: (WC)Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) def. (28)Monica Niculescu 4-6 6-3 6-4
R3: (7)Marion Bartoli (FRA) def. Simona Halep 6-2 7-6(6)




$25,000 La Marsa:
R1: Cristina Dinu def. (7)Romana Caroline Tabak (SVK) 6-3 7-6(2)
R1: Cristina-Andreea Mitu def. (WC)Nour Abbes (TUN) 6-1 5-7 3-1 Ret.
R1: Raluca Olaru def. Jasmina Tinjic (BIH) 3-0 Ret.
R1: (Q)Marina Kachar (SRB) def. (3)Elena Bogdan 6-1 6-4
R2: (wc)Ons Jabeur (TUN) def. Cristina Dinu 6-0 6-2
R2: Cristina-Andreea Mitu def. (6)Laura Thorpe (FRA) 3-6 6-3 6-4
R2: Raluca Olaru def. (Q)Marina Kachar (SRB) 6-1 7-5
QF: Cristina-Andreea Mitu def. Raluca Olaru 6-3 6-3
SF: Isabella Shinikova (BUL) def. Cristina-Andreea Mitu 6-2 7-5

$10,000 Metepec:
R1: (Q)Stefania Hristov def. Malou Ejdesgaard (DEN) 6-3 6-4
R2: Nicole Melichar (USA) def. (Q)Stefania Hristov 6-3 6-4

$10,000 Madrid-Ciudad:
R1: (WC)Elena Cerezo Codina (ESP) def. Diana Stomlega 7-6(2) 6-2

$10,000 Antalya-Manavgat:
R1: Raluca Elena Platon def. Sylwia Zagorska (POL) 6-2 7-5
R1: (5)Julia Mayr (ITA) def. (Q)Alexandra Damaschin 6-0 3-6 6-2
R1: Patricia Maria Tig def. (Q)Beatrice Cedermark (SWE) 6-4 5-7 7-6(5)
R2: (1)Evelyn Mayr (ITA) def. Raluca Elena Platon 6-3 7-5
R2: (5)Julia Mayr (ITA) def. Patricia Maria Tig 6-3 6-3




Romanian Player of the World:
Simona Halep(50) raeching R3 of the back to back Masters tournament in Miami!

Romanian Upset of the Week:
Nothing really surprising, although from its clear result, Simona Halep(50) def. Nadezhda Petrova(32) in 2 easy sets in the second rond of Miami.

Romanian Fail of the Week:
All chokers, so nearly the whole team.

Result wise #3 seed Elena Bogdan(211) only winning 5 games against qualifier Marina Kachar(700)...

Romanian Fighter of the Week:
Patricia Maria Tig(659) defeating qualifier Beatrice Cedermark(879) in a final set tiebreak after a long and crueling 3 set match.

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Week of 26th March:

$50,000 Osprey:
R1: (5)Edina Gallovits-Hall def. Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) 6-2 6-4
R2: (5)Edina Gallovits-Hall def. Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 6-3 7-6(3)
QF: (5)Edina Gallovits-Hall def. (1)Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 5-7 6-3 6-2
SF: Arantxa Rus (NED) def. (5)Edina Gallovits-Hall 6-4 6-4

$10,000 Ribeirao Preto:
R1: (7)Natasha Fourouclas (RSA) def. Daiana Negreanu 6-3 5-7 6-4

$10,000 Puebla:
R1: (Q)Lorena Gheorghe def. Malou Ejdesgaard (DEN) 7-6(5) 3-6 6-4
R1: (Q)Stefania Hristov def. Ana-Paula de la Pena (MEX) 7-5 6-2
R2: (3)Aranza Salut (ARG) def. (Q)Lorena Gheorghe 6-1 6-2
R2: (8)Nicole Melichar (USA) def. (Q)Stefania Hristov 6-0 6-0




Romanian Player of the Week:
Edina Gallovits-Hall(96) for reaching the semifinal of the 50k ITF tournament in Osprey.

Romanian Upset of the Week:
Edina Gallovits-Hall(96) beating Top seed Lucie Hradecka(68) in the quarterfinal of Osprey.

Romanian Fail of the Week:
-

Romanian Fighter of the Week:
Edina Gallovits-Hall(96) after losing the close first set to Lucie Hradecka(68) was able to tough it out in 3.

[Dan_Doe]

Winning against Amanmuradova Voegele and Hradecka is a good thing indeed Maybe she's able to build up some momentum after this.

[Curcubeu]

Week of 2nd April:

WTA Charleston:
QR1: Marta Domachowska (POL) def. (2)Alexandra Cadantu 7-5 2-6 6-0




$10,000 Heraklion:
R1: (8/Q)Patricia Maria Tig def. (Q)Karina Isayan(RUS) 6-1 3-6 6-2
R1: Diana Marcu def. Camelia-Elena Hristea 3-6 6-3 6-4
R2: (8/Q)Patricia Maria Tig def. (WC)Angeliki Kairi (GRE) 7-6(4) 6-1
R2: Diana Marcu def. (6)Stephanie Scimone (ITA) 6-3 7-5
QF: (3)Tamara Curovic (SRB) def. (8/Q)Patricia Maria Tig 3-6 7-5 6-3
QF: Giulia Sussarello (ITA) def. Diana Marcu 6-2 6-3

$10,000 Sibenik:
R1: Raluca Elena Platon def. (7)Lisanne van Riet 7-5 6-3
R2: (Q)Ivana Klepic (CRO) def. Raluca Elena Platon 6-4 4-6 6-3

$10,000 Antalya-Belconti:
R1: (8)Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) def. Ana Bogdan 6-1 6-2

$10,000 Villa Maria:
R1: (6)Patricia Ku Flores (PER) def. Daiana Negreanu 6-2 1-6 6-4

$10,000 Torrent:
R1: Carolina Prats-Millan (ESP) def. Diana Stomlega 6-2 6-2




Romanian Player of the Week:


Romanian Upset of the Week:
Diana Marcu(884) defeating #6 seed Stephanie Scimone(627) in the second round of the 10k tournament in Heraklion.

Romanian Fail of the Week:
After beating Lisanne Van Riet(511), Raluca Elena Platon(586) lost to local qualifier Ivana Klepic(832).

Honourable mention to #2 seed Alexandra Cadantu(81) losing to Marta Domachowska(173) in the 1st qualifying round of Charleston, wasting SPa in the 1st and getting bageled in the 3rd set.

Romanian Fighter of the Week:
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[soimu]

Curcubeu you are doing a great work here. Congratulations !
Do you and other members think is appropriate to post some rankings here from time to time ?
Monthly is too seldom, weekly is too often so maybe every 2-3 weeks and if are major changes. What others think about this ?

Romanian player in WTA ranking as of 16 april 2012.

Curr Prev Name DOB Nation Rank pts Tours
29 29 Niculescu, Monica 25/09/87 ROU 1840 23
40 47 Cirstea, Sorana 07/04/90 ROU 1351 27
42 46 Halep, Simona 27/09/91 ROU 1300 27
56 55 Begu, Irina-camelia 26/08/90 ROU 1085 19
82 81 Cadantu, Alexandra 03/05/90 ROU 793 32
88 88 Dulgheru, Alexandra 30/05/89 ROU 755 23
97 96 Gallovits-hall, Edina 10/12/84 ROU 685 18
151 152 Buzarnescu, Mihaela 04/05/88 ROU 442 26
207 206 Gojnea, Madalina 23/08/87 ROU 294 21
213 213 Bogdan, Elena 28/03/92 ROU 285 28
292 292 Mitu, Cristina 22/09/91 ROU 182 14
294 295 Olaru, Raluca 03/03/89 ROU 179 25
309 309 Ungur, Liana 02/01/85 ROU 160 18
310 310 Dinu, Cristina 18/01/93 ROU 160 22
355 355 Andrei, Laura Ioana 31/05/88 ROU 132 22
387 388 Enache, Diana 12/12/87 ROU 110 23
425 427 Vaideanu, Andreea 28/06/90 ROU 89 21
577 581 Dabija, Elora 09/06/91 ROU 51 6
581 586 Platon, Raluca Elena 11/06/93 ROU 51 16
621 618 Szatmari, Agnes 28/06/87 ROU 43 8
635 658 Tig, Patricia Maria 27/07/94 ROU 40 8
637 635 Bogdan, Ana 25/11/92 ROU 40 11
674 673 Stomlega, Diana 08/03/93 ROU 35 13
687 687 Hristea, Camelia 03/02/91 ROU 33 10
767 763 Lupu, Sabina 02/10/93 ROU 25 8
823 884 Marcu, Diana 05/11/91 ROU 21 8
856 854 Iova, Ionela-andreea 23/07/90 ROU 19 8
912 908 Radu, Ingrid 01/06/93 ROU 16 8
924 919 Cadar, Elena-theodora 24/02/94 ROU 15 4
947 946 Hincu, Bianca 22/07/92 ROU 14 6
1028 1028 Crisan, Ana Maria 21/09/94 ROU 10 2
1044 1043 Negreanu, Daiana 21/06/88 ROU 10 4
1092 1091 Sporea, Larisa 11/03/93 ROU 8 5
1117 1115 Adamescu, Cristina 25/10/95 ROU 7 4
1117 1115 Damaschin, Alexandra 14/02/91 ROU 7 4
1234 1228 Enache, Claudia 22/01/94 ROU 3 3
1234 1228 Gradinaru Andreea 07/05/96 ROU 3 3
1234 1228 Stoica, Ilinca 16/09/93 ROU 3 3

Maybe next time only top 500 if other members think that the list is too long.

[Curcubeu]

Of course we can do that. The only question is if we do it here or in a seperate thread.

[soimu]

My opinion is that here is better because results will reflect in rankings and will be easier to follow.
But I am new on the forum and I may be wrong.
Other topic it may not attract so much interest and the postings will spread in too many directions.
My vote is for here.