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In the singles match of round 1, Irina Begu (77 WTA) did not have much emotion with the Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto, the Romanian won in two sets, scoring 6-2, 6-2, after one hour and 24 minutes.
In the second round Irina Begu, coming from qualifications, you will meet the British Johanna konta, occupying position 13 of the WTA, who will play directly in this phase.
Irina Begu, Simona Halep and Monica Niculescu, debut with victory in the WTA Rome
Simona halep and Monica Niculescu they also claimed a quick victory in round 1 of the doubles event. Romanian women switched to Ukrainian women Elina Svitolina and Dayana Yastremska, scores 6-0, 6-1, after just 47 minutes.
In the second round of the doubles event WTA Rome, Simona halep and Monica Niculescu they will meet the winners of the duel Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara –Kiki Bertens / Arantxa Rus.
UPDATE, 3:34 PM: Victory for Irina Begu! Our player wins in two identical sets, scores 6-2, 6-2 and will play in the round of 16 against the British Johanna Konta.
UPDATE, now 2:46 PM: SET Irina Begu! The Romanian won her first act quite clearly, scoring 6-2, after winning twice in the service of the Italian.
UPDATE, at 14:10: The game has started!
UPDATE, 2:40 PM: VICTORY for Simona Halep and Monica Niculescu! Our players continued the excellent course in the second set, obtaining a clear success, scoring 6-0, 6-1, after 47 minutes of play.
In the second round of the WTA Roma doubles event, Simona halep and Monica Niculescu they will meet the winners of the duel Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara –Kiki Bertens / Arantxa Rus.
UPDATE, 2:12 PM: Zero scored by Simona Halep and Monica Niculescu! The Romanians gave Ukraine opponents no chance, they took three breaks, winning their first act after just 19 minutes.
UPDATE, 13:53: The game has started!
The initial news
In the doubles event, around 1:30 p.m., the pair Simona Halep – Monica Niculescu (32 years old) will have as an opponent the team formed by Elina Svitolina (26 years old) and Dayana Yastremska (20 years old), both from Ukraine.
Simona Halep decided to participate in Rome, where you feel safe, and in the doubles test, as he did in Prague, to recover from the break of about six months in which he did not play tennis.
Monica Niculescu asked him if he wanted to make a team, and WTA No. 2 immediately accepted. “I like to play with moni“was Simona’s reply.
It is the third tournament in which they are paired after Montreal, 2016, and Shenzen, 2017. The first time they reached the final, but lost to the couple Ekaterina Makarova – Elena Vesnina, 3-6, 6-7, and the second time they were eliminated from the first game.
In singles, Irina Begu will face, around 14:00, in Digi Sport 4, Elisabetta Cocciaretto, 128th place WTA, recipient of a wild card.
The Raluca Olaru – Anna-Lena Friedsam pair qualified in round 2 today after beating the Sofia Kenin – Bettany Mattek-Sands team, 6-1, 6-4.
The Simona Halep-Jasmine Paolini match will be played on Wednesday, live on Digi Sport
Simona Halep, second player in the world and No.1 seed in Rome, will play on Wednesday, at an hour to be announced by the organizers, against Italian Jasmine Paolini (24 years old, 99 WTA).
Halep is escorted to Rome by coach Darren Cahill, with whom he did not participate in a tournament for about 7 months. Our athlete greeted funny the presence of the Australian through a message on Twitter: “Is he who I think he is? Seven months later … welcome back, Darren Cahill”.
The Italian tennis player Jasmine Paolini Will (24 years old, 99 WTA), recipient of a wild card, will be the opponent of Simona Halep (2 WTA, favorite No. 1) in the 2nd round of the Masters 1000 tournament in Rome, endowed with total prizes of 1,692,169 euros.
On Monday, in the first round, Paolini produced a surprise after she managed to eliminate the much more titled Anastasia Sevastova (Latvia, 46 WTA), after just one hour and 5 minutes of play, at 6-2, 6-3 .
Paolini participated in the US Open, where she left the first round after losing in two sets to the French Caroline García (6-3, 6-2), then she was also present at the Istanbul tournament, won by Patricia Ţig. , where she lost in the eighth favorite no. 3, the Slovenian Polona Hercog (7-5, 6-4), announces Agerpres.
Tags: monica niculescu , Simona halep , roma tennis , irina begu , Turn wta
