Tag Archives: Irina-Camelia Begu

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro Defeats Irina-Camelia Begu at Antalya Open to Claim Her First WTA 125 Title

Posted on by
Reply

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro is celebrating a special first…

The 21-year-old Spanish tennis player, the No 5 seed, beat Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 4 seed, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 to lift the Antalya Open trophy at the Megasaray Tennis Academy on Sunday afternoon.

Jessica Bouzas ManeiroIt’s the first WTA 125 title of Bouzas Manneiro’s career.

With the title, she rises from a ranking of No 127 to just outside the top 100 at No 104.

Bouzas Maneiro defeated Hungarian Panna Udvardy (2-6, 6-3, 6-3), qualifier Leyre Romero Gormaz (6-1, 7-5), Russian Polina Kudermetova (2-6, 7-5, 6-3) and Swiss Simona Waltert (6-2, 6-3) ahead of her victory in the final.

In the previous rounds of the Antalya tournament, Begu, ranked No 126, defeated Austrian Sinja Kraus (7-6 (10), 6-1), Croat Tara Wurth (7-5, 6-2), Slovenian Polona Hercog (6-4, 6-4) and Japanese Moyuka Uchijima (7-5, 6-2).

Arruabarrena Advances to Semifinals at the Korea Open

Posted on by
Reply

Lara Arruabarrena is killin’ it in Korea…

The 24-year-old Spanish tennis player advanced to the semifinals of the Korea Open by beating second-seeded Johanna Larsson of Sweden 6-4, 6-0 on Friday.

Lara Arruabarrena

Arruabarrena, who is gunning for her second WTA title, won six of eight break points.

She’ll next face Patricia Maria Tig, who beat Sara Sorribes Tormo 7-6 (2), 2-6, 6-3.

Third-seeded Zhang Shuai of China also advanced, defeating Camila Giorgi of Italy 6-2, 6-4. Giorgi had eight double-faults.

Top-seed and defending champion Irina-Camelia Begu was eliminated Thursday.

Muguruza Defeats Svetlana Kuznetsova to Reach Third Consecutive French Open Quarterfinal

Posted on by
Reply

Make that three in a row for Garbine Muguruza…

The 22-year-old Spanish-Venezuelan tennis player defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fourth round to advance to the quarterfinals of the French Open for a third straight year.

Garbine Muguruza

The array of shots and maturity the No. 4 seed deployed in an intensely fought 6-3, 6-4 win against the 2009 champion strengthened the argument that Muguruza could soon be challenging Serena Williams for the top spot in women’s tennis.

Muguruza started at lightning pace, serving an ace with her first and third balls. In the last game, she stayed cool during five match points to finish off the 13th-seeded Russian.

Standing in the way of her second semifinal at a Grand Slam tournament is Shelby Rogers. The 108th-ranked American who’d never made it out of the third round at a major beat Irina-Camelia Begu 6-3, 6-4. The Romanian, seeded No. 25, is the third seeded player to fall to Shelby in her march to the quarterfinals.