Romania now boasts three athletes among the world’s first 100 tennis
\nplayers. The best ranking at present is Sorana Cirstea, currently on the 26th
\nposition, followed by Ana Bogdan who comes 61st and Irina Begu on
\nthe 66th position. Sorana has gone down a notch since last week and
\nIrina five whereas Bogdan has gone up ten positions thanks to her winning of
\nthe WTA 125 tournament in Parma, a performance, which also brought her the
\nAthlete of the Week title granted weekly to the best Romanian performance by
\nour radio station. <\/p>\n
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Ana Bogdan last year stopped in the semifinals of the Parma Ladies Open
\nbut this edition was second-seeded. She defeated Spanish Marina Bassols Ribera
\nin the first round 6-1, 7-5, then Ukrainian Katarina Zavatska in three sets,
\n4-6, 6-2, 6-4. She also clinched a three-set win against her compatriot
\nJaqueline Cristian 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 in the quarter-finals. In the semifinals, the
\nRomanian managed to outperform Hungarian challenger Anna Bondar 6-3, 6-4 in a match
\nthat lasted two hours and 40 minutes, the longest she played in Parma. The
\nRomanian eventually managed to secure a 7-5, 6-1 victory against Anna Karolina
\nSchmiedlova of Slovakia in the finals. <\/p>\n
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Ana Bogdan was born on November 25th 1992 in Sinaia, southern
\nRomania, and turned professional in 2007. Two years later she went second in
\nthe world junior ranking. She made constant headway in the WTA ranking until
\n2008. She stayed around the 100th position for a while but in 2022
\nand 2023 she succeeded in getting higher into the ranking. In July this year
\nshe occupied the 39th position, the best in her career so far and
\nshe’s still waiting for her first WTA title. She has so far achieved three WTA
\n125 titles, in Iasi in 2022 and 2023 and now in Parma. <\/p>\n
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