Romanian tennis player Irina Begu has made it to the main women's singles draw of the 1,692,169-euro Italian Open WTA tennis tournament after defeating German Anna- Lena Friedsam 6-1 6-1 on Sunday in the last round of qualifiers.
It took Begu 62 minutes to prevail over Friedsam.
Begu,30, world number 73, and Anna-Lena Friedsam, 26, world number 109 have faced each other twice so far, with the German winning both times.
The Romanian beat talian 33-year-old Sara Errani, world number 151 on Saturday 6-1 6-3.
Irina Begu secured 9,000 euros and 31 WTA singles points.
Her compatriot Simona Halep is the top seed of the tournament and will play directly in the second round the winner between Latvian Anastasija Sevastova and Italian Jasmine Paolini.
Romania's Begu makes it to Italian Open women's singles main draw
Explorează subiectul
Articole Similare

2
Parcels with value less than 150 euros, originating from outside EU,will be charged 25 RON
2

7
CNIR: Application for European funding for Chiribis-Biharia lot and Spinus road junction, submitted
7

10
Pistol (CNAIR): In 2026, target is 250 new kilometers
10

8
Quarterly reference rate for consumer loans falls to 5.68% per annum
8

15
Romanian Police: Seven fugitives, including a 'most wanted' woman, have repatriated
15

13
PSD's Grindeanu: Political stability must remain the key to social and economic development in 2026
13

28
Men's basketball: Dramatic victory for U-BT Cluj-Napoca in EuroCup
28

27
Gov't okays contingent of 90,000 newly admitted foreign workers on Romanian labor market in 2026
27

15
The three Romanians stuck in cable car in Italy - evacuated in good condition (ForMin Toiu)
15

14
We will have a deficit lower than the 8.4% we aimed at (PM Bolojan)
14

19
European Commission transfers Tuesday over 586 mln euros to accounts opened at National Bank of Romania
19

9
Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) closes higher Tuesday's trading session
9

7
Net assets of investment funds increase by 3.2% in November
7

















Comentează