Romania’s most important
\ntennis tournament has recently drawn to a close in Cluj-Napoca. It is known as WTA
\n250 Transylvania Open, a women’s tournament with 260 thousand USD in prize
\nmoney. Taking part in the tournament have been several top-flight tennis players,
\nboth in women’s singles and in women’s doubles. All eight seeded players in the
\nwomen’s singles are ranked among the world’s top 100 tennis players. Among them, Romania’s Sorana
\nC\u00eerstea, Alycia Parks of the USA, Belgium’s Greet Minnen or
\nSpaniard Rebeka Masarova. Apart from Sorana Cirstea, six other Romanian tennis
\nplayers have been included in the main draw. Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie came straight
\nfrom the qualifiers. Jaqueline Cristian, Patricia \u0162ig and Ana Bogdan gained their
\nadmission thanks to their WTA rankings, while Miriam Bulgaru and Elena-Gabriela
\nRuse got wild cards. Elena-Gabriela Ruse was the best since she reached as far
\nas the tournament’s final. <\/p>\n
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Reason enough for
\nRadio Romania International to designate Ruse the Athlete of the week. <\/p>\n
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In Cluj-Napoca, Elena-Gabriela Ruse defeated second-seeded
\nAlycia Parks, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4, in the first round. In the second round, Ruse
\ndefeated Hungarian opponent Anna Bondar, 7-6, 6-2. In
\nthe quarterfinals, Elena Ruse defeated Colombian challenger Emiliana Arango, 6-1, nil-6,
\n6-1. In the semi-finals, Elena Gabriela Ruse defeated fourth-seeded tennis
\nplayer Rebeka Masarova, 6-1, 6-4. However, in the final, Elena Gabriela Ruse
\nwas defeated by Germany’s Tamara Korpatsch, 6-3, 6-4.<\/p>\n
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Elena-Gabriela Ruse was born on November 6, 1997, in Bucharest. She took
\nup tennis when she was four and a half years old, with Dinamo Bucharest sports
\nclub. Her career-best so far includes only one WTA women’s singles tournament
\nshe won in Hamburg, in 2021. Also in 202,1 Ruse was a finalist in the Palermo
\ntournament. In Cluj-Napoca Elena-Gabriela Ruse made it to the finals for the
\nthird time around in her women’s single career. Ruse therefore climbed 61
\nnotches up and now ranks 127th according to the world standings. Elena-Gabriela Ruse was best-placed in May 2022, when she ranked 51st. Elena-Gabriela
\nRuse’s performance in the women’s doubles is far more consistent, especially
\nsince she has been pairing up with Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk. Elena Gabriela Ruse
\nis 37th-placed according to the world’s women’s doubles rankings. In 2023, in
\nthe year’s first Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne, Ruse and Kostyuk reached
\nas far as the semi-finals. <\/p>\n
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