Tennis player Irina Begu is 'Athlete of the Week on RRI'
The BRD Bucharest Open women's tennis tournament is the only competition thanks to which Romania still has a place on the map of professional tennis. This year, the competition had 226,750 USD in prize money. The star of the event was the Romanian Irina Begu, who compelled recognition in the singles as well as in the doubles' version of the competition, where she paired up with another Romanian, Raluca Olaru. Due to her outstanding performance, Radio Romania International has designated Irina Begu the Athlete of the Week.
In the singles' version of the BRD Bucharest Open, Irina Begu did not lose a single set, all throughout the competition. In the final, Begu outclassed German challenger Julia Georges, 6-3, 7-5. Begu is the second Romanian tennis player to have compelled recognition in the Bucharest tournament, after Simona Halep, winner of the 2014 and 2016 editions of BRD Bucharest Open. In the women's double, Irina Begu and Raluca Olaru defeated the Belgian - Dutch pair made of Elise Mertens and Demi Schuurs, 6-3, 6-3. Irina has thus become the first Romanian tennis player to win the singles' and the doubles' event in the same WTA tournament. Begu is second only to Virginia Ruzici, who succeeded the same performance in Bregenz, Austria, in 1985.
Irina Camelia Begu was born in Bucharest on August 26, 1990. In 2006 Begu succeeded the first noteworthy performance of her career, winning the European title of the under-16 category. Then, year after year, Irina Begu constantly climbed up towards the upper echelon of the world rankings. Begu's record includes four WTA singles and five doubles titles. In August 2016, Begu was 22nd ranked in the world's official singles rankings, her career-best so far. In October 2015, Begu climbed up to the 30th position in the women's doubles rankings. In the wake of her excellent run in the Bucharest tournament, Begu is now ranked 38th in the women's singles rankings, and 51st in the doubles.
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