Attention-grabbing in International women’s tennis last week was the GNP Seguros WTA Finals Cancun. Because of the bad weather conditions, the competition
\ncame to a close as late as Monday, with Polish Iga Swiantek emerging as winner.
\nHowever, the international calendar has other tournaments on schedule, not so important
\nevents, such as the ITF tournament hosted by the Greek city of Heraklion on the Island of Crete, an event with 40,000 USD in prize money. Of the Romanian women
\ntennis players taking part in the competition, the best was WTA 307th-placed,
\n37-year-old Cristina Dinu, who reached as far as the semi-finals. However, Dinu
\nwas defeated by WTA 109th-palced tennis player and top-seeded in Heraklion,
\nDianne Parry of France, 6-3,
\n7-6. Irina Bara’s performance in
\nthe women’s doubles event was above par since in the final, Irina and Slovenia’s Dalila Jakupovic outclassed the Romanian-Greek
\npair made of Oana Gavril\u0103 and Sapfo Sakellaridi, 3-6, 7-6, 10-8. <\/p>\n
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Reason enough
\nfor Radio Romania International to designate Irina Bara the Athlete of the
\nWeek.<\/p>\n
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Irina Bara was born on March 18, 1995,
\nin the town of \u015etei, in western Romania. It was not until 2015 that she made
\nher debut on the main draw of a WTA tournament when she paired up with Mihaela
\nBuzarnescu in the women’s doubles event as part of the tournament hosted by Romania’s capital city, Bucharest. Irina’s progress has been a constant one ever since, as in May, 2019 she saw a
\nrecord-high in terms of WTA rankings, being 56th-placed. According
\nto the as-it-stands WTA women’s doubles table, Irina Bara is 120th-placed. In
\n2021, Irina won the women’s doubles final as part of the WTA tournament in Cluj-Napoca,
\njointly with Georgian tennis player Ekaterine Gorgodze. Irina Bara’s career-best
\nin women’s singles occurred in 2020 when she reached as far as the third round, in the Australian Open and Roland Garros. At present, Irina Bara is 173rd-placed, according to the WTA rankings.<\/p>\n
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This week, Irina Bara is among the
\ntennis players summoned by Romanian team’s non-playing captain Horia Tec\u0103u, for
\nthe match against Serbia. The Billie
\nJean King Cup confrontation will be hosted by an indoor clay court in Kraljevo.
\nAlso part of the team are Jaqueline Cristian, Gabriela Ruse, Anca Todoni and Monica Niculescu. The
\nwinning side will prove its mettle in the qualifiers for the Billie Jean King
\nCup’s final tournament. <\/p>\n
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