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Romanian tennis fans have yet again been regaled with Romanian
\ntennis players’ satisfactory run in recent competitions. Last week in
\nThailand’s Hua Hin, Irina Begu and Monica Niculescu won the Toyota Thailand
\nOpen. In the first 2019 WTA title won by Romanian tennis players, Begu and
\nNiculescu succeeded a 2-6, 6-1 and 12-10 super tie-break win against the
\nRussian-Chinese pair made of Ana Blinkova and Yafan Wang Reason enough for Radio
\nRomania International to designate Irina Begu and Monica Niculescu the Athletes
\nof the week.<\/p>\n
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Irina Begu was born in Bucharest on August 26, 1990. In 2006
\nBegu succeeded her first noteworthy performance, winning the European title in
\nthe under-16 category. Irina Begu’s record includes four WTA singles titles she
\nwon in Tashkent, in 2012, in Seoul, in 2015, in Florianopolis in 2016 and in Bucharest,
\nin 2017. In the women’s doubles, Irina’s record includes nine professional circuit
\nwins. According to the WTA rankings, Irina Begu is 75th and 35th-placed
\nin the doubles and singles, respectively.
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Monica Niculescu was born in Slatina, southern Romania, on
\nSeptember 25th, 1987. She has been living in Bucharest ever since
\nshe was 4. Monica took up tennis at the age of five and turned pro in 2002.
\nNiculescu’s career best according to the WTA women’s singles rankings occurred
\nin February 2012, when she was 28th-placed. According to women’s
\ndoubles rankings, Monica Niculescu climbed as high as the 11th-position,
\nin April 2016. At present Monica Niculescu is 106th and 51st-placed,
\nin the singles and doubles classification, respectively. <\/p>\n
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The win in Thailand was the third WTA title jointly won by
\nIrina Begu and Monica Niculescu, after the 2012 title in Hobart. As a competing
\npair, in the recent past Niculescu and Begu won three other titles, in
\nLuxembourg in 2012 and in Wuhan and Moscow, in 2015.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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