The Hungarian
\ncapital city Budapest last week played host to a major tennis tournament,
\ncounting towards the WTA circuit. The event had 250,000 USD in prize money. In
\nthe tournament’s singles version, Irina Begu and Sorana Carstea were the best-placed
\nRomanian competitors. However, Begu and Carstea were unable to go past the
\nquarterfinals. In the women’s doubles, Irina Begu and Kazakhstan’s Galina
\nVoskoboeva, got through to the semis. In the final, however, Begu and Voskoboeva
\nwere outclassed by the 3rd seed Hungarian British pair made of Fanny
\nSollar and Heather Watson, 6-2, 6-3. For her noteworthy feat in Budapest, Radio
\nRomania International has designated Irina Begu the Athlete of the week.<\/p>\n
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Irina Begu was born
\nin Bucharest on August 26, 1990. Her first great performance occurred in 2006
\nwhen Begu won the under-16 European title. In April 2011 in Marbella, Begu
\nplayed her first WTA tournament final, where she played as early as the
\nqualifiers. However, Begu was defeated by Viktoria Azarenka of the Belarus in
\nthe final. Then in July the same year in Budapest, Begu sustained another
\ndefeat in the final, by Italy’s Roberta Vinci. Begu’s record includes four WTA
\ntitles won in Tashkent in 2012, in Seoul in 2015, in Florianopolis in 2016 and
\nin Bucharest, in 2017. In the women’s doubles, Irina Begu boasts no less than
\nnine titles in the professional circuit. In 2012, jointly with Monica
\nNiculescu, she won the Hobart tournament. Then in 2013, she won the tournament
\nin Rio, together with Anabel Medina Garrigues. In Rio in 2014, Begu won the
\ntitle pairing up with Maria Irigoyen, then in Seoul, also in 2014, Begu emerged
\nas the winner, jointly with Lara Arruabarrena. Pairing up with Raluca Olaru,
\nBegu won the Bucharest tournament in 2017. Also in 2017, Begu won the Tianjin
\ntournament, jointly with Sara Errani. In 2018, Begu won two more WTA titles, in
\nShenzhen, when she paired up with Simona Halep, and again in Bucharest,
\ntogether with Andreea Mitu. The beginning of 2019 also proved auspicious for
\nBegu as she won the Thailand Open, jointly with Monica Niculescu. In the
\ncurrent WTA rankings, Begu is 67th-placed in the singles
\nclassification and 32nd in the doubles standings. <\/p>\n
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