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  • Athlete of the Week

    Athlete of the Week

    The
    WTA 1000 women’s tennis tournament in Madrid, is the first major clay
    tournament of the summer season. This year’s competition boasts 6,575,560 euros
    in prize money and the winner will walk away with over one million euros and
    1,000 WTA points. The tournament has reached the round of 16 now and we already
    know a couple of players qualified for the quarters. Among them there is also
    Romanian Simona Halep who managed an excellent show in Madrid.




    The
    remarkable performance she obtained in Madrid is all the more so valuable as
    Simona came after a recovery recess, from the injury she suffered at Indian
    Wells in March. For the excellent show she has so far put up in Madrid, Radio
    Romania International has designated Simona Halep the Athlete of the Week.




    In
    Madrid, Simona played her first game against Shuai Zhang of China, whom she
    defeated in two sets 6-2, 6-3. Then she was up against two-seeded Paula Bados
    of Spain whom she defeated 6-3, 6-1. In the eight finals, Halep played 14th-seeded
    Cori Gauff of the USA in a balanced game, which the Romanian eventually won
    6-4, 6-4. In the quarter finals, Simona will be up on Wednesday against Ons
    Jabeur of Tunisia, who is also the odds-on favourite.




    Simona
    Halep was born on September 27, 1991, in Constanţa, south-eastern Romania. She
    made her debut in major tennis competitions in 2006, when she played her first
    matches in ITF tournaments. In 2010 she entered the world’s top 100 and in
    August 2014 she made it for the first time to the second position in the
    world’s ranking, the highest position ever occupied by a Romanian athlete.




    Three
    years later, in October 2017, she topped the ranking, a position she left in
    January 2008. She made a comeback in the same year a month later and remained a
    world leader until the beginning of 2019, after the Australian Open. Halep
    topped the WTA ranking for 64 weeks and her prize closet includes two Grand
    Slam titles, in Roland Garros in 2018 and in Wimbledon a year later.

  • Athlete of the Week

    Athlete of the Week

    The
    WTA 1000 women’s tennis tournament in Madrid, is the first major clay
    tournament of the summer season. This year’s competition boasts 6,575,560 euros
    in prize money and the winner will walk away with over one million euros and
    1,000 WTA points. The tournament has reached the round of 16 now and we already
    know a couple of players qualified for the quarters. Among them there is also
    Romanian Simona Halep who managed an excellent show in Madrid.




    The
    remarkable performance she obtained in Madrid is all the more so valuable as
    Simona came after a recovery recess, from the injury she suffered at Indian
    Wells in March. For the excellent show she has so far put up in Madrid, Radio
    Romania International has designated Simona Halep the Athlete of the Week.




    In
    Madrid, Simona played her first game against Shuai Zhang of China, whom she
    defeated in two sets 6-2, 6-3. Then she was up against two-seeded Paula Bados
    of Spain whom she defeated 6-3, 6-1. In the eight finals, Halep played 14th-seeded
    Cori Gauff of the USA in a balanced game, which the Romanian eventually won
    6-4, 6-4. In the quarter finals, Simona will be up on Wednesday against Ons
    Jabeur of Tunisia, who is also the odds-on favourite.




    Simona
    Halep was born on September 27, 1991, in Constanţa, south-eastern Romania. She
    made her debut in major tennis competitions in 2006, when she played her first
    matches in ITF tournaments. In 2010 she entered the world’s top 100 and in
    August 2014 she made it for the first time to the second position in the
    world’s ranking, the highest position ever occupied by a Romanian athlete.




    Three
    years later, in October 2017, she topped the ranking, a position she left in
    January 2008. She made a comeback in the same year a month later and remained a
    world leader until the beginning of 2019, after the Australian Open. Halep
    topped the WTA ranking for 64 weeks and her prize closet includes two Grand
    Slam titles, in Roland Garros in 2018 and in Wimbledon a year later.

  • Athlete of the Week

    Athlete of the Week

    Simona Halep remains Romania’s highest-ranking tennis
    player. On Monday she made a comeback among the world’s first 20 players, with a
    7 position jump currently placing her on the 19th position. That was
    possible thanks to the performance she obtained at WTA 1000 in Indian Wells, where
    she made it to the semifinals. For her latest Californian performance, Radio
    Romania International has designated Halep Athlete of the Week.






    At Indian Wells, Simona entered directly into the
    second round and played Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova whom she defeated 6-2,
    4-6, 6-2. In the third round she secured a two-set win against Cori Gauff of
    the USA, 6-3, 6-4. In the round of 16, she clinched a 6-1, 6-4 win against her
    compatriot Sorana Cîrstea and defeated Croatian player Petra Martic in the
    quarterfinals, 6-1, 6-1. It was third-seeded Iga Świątek of Poland who stopped
    Halep in her tracks in the semifinals with a 7-6, 6-4 win. The Polish player
    eventually won the tournament after a two-set win 6-4, 6-1 against Maria
    Sakkari of Greece.






    Simona Halep was born on 27th September
    1991, in Constanţa, south-eastern Romania and made her debut in international
    competitions in 2006, when she played her first games in the ITF tournament. In
    2010, she became part of Top 100 and four years later she made it to the second
    position in the world ranking, which at that time was the best performance
    obtained by a Romanian tennis player. Three years later, in October 2017, she
    became the world’s best tennis player, a position she left in January 2018. She
    made a comeback to that position that year in February and kept it until early
    2019 after the Australian Open. She topped the WTA ranking for 64 weeks and her
    prize closet includes two Grand Slam trophies, Roland Garros in 2018 and
    Wimbledon 2019.






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  • Athlete of the Week

    Athlete of the Week

    Simona Halep remains Romania’s highest-ranking tennis
    player. On Monday she made a comeback among the world’s first 20 players, with a
    7 position jump currently placing her on the 19th position. That was
    possible thanks to the performance she obtained at WTA 1000 in Indian Wells, where
    she made it to the semifinals. For her latest Californian performance, Radio
    Romania International has designated Halep Athlete of the Week.






    At Indian Wells, Simona entered directly into the
    second round and played Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova whom she defeated 6-2,
    4-6, 6-2. In the third round she secured a two-set win against Cori Gauff of
    the USA, 6-3, 6-4. In the round of 16, she clinched a 6-1, 6-4 win against her
    compatriot Sorana Cîrstea and defeated Croatian player Petra Martic in the
    quarterfinals, 6-1, 6-1. It was third-seeded Iga Świątek of Poland who stopped
    Halep in her tracks in the semifinals with a 7-6, 6-4 win. The Polish player
    eventually won the tournament after a two-set win 6-4, 6-1 against Maria
    Sakkari of Greece.






    Simona Halep was born on 27th September
    1991, in Constanţa, south-eastern Romania and made her debut in international
    competitions in 2006, when she played her first games in the ITF tournament. In
    2010, she became part of Top 100 and four years later she made it to the second
    position in the world ranking, which at that time was the best performance
    obtained by a Romanian tennis player. Three years later, in October 2017, she
    became the world’s best tennis player, a position she left in January 2018. She
    made a comeback to that position that year in February and kept it until early
    2019 after the Australian Open. She topped the WTA ranking for 64 weeks and her
    prize closet includes two Grand Slam trophies, Roland Garros in 2018 and
    Wimbledon 2019.






    (bill)