Last week the
\ncity of Istanbul in Turkey played host to a WTA tournament, where total prizes
\nstood at $225,000. Several players in the WTA top 100 were enrolled, including
\ntop seeds Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia, Polona Hercog of Slovenia and Caroline
\nGarcia of France. Romanian Patricia \u0162ig, number 88 in WTA standings, won the
\ncompetition.<\/p>\n
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In the first
\nround Patricia \u0162ig ousted Olga Danilovic of Serbia, 6-3, 7-5. In the second
\nround she knocked out the number 8th seed, Misaki Doi of Japan, 6-2,
\n6-0. In the quarterfinals she took on Rebecca Peterson of Sweden, seeded 2nd
\nin the competition, whom she defeated easily, 6-3, 6-1. In the semi-finals she
\nwent up against Tereza Martincova of the Czech Republic, whom she also defeated
\nin straight sets, 6-3, 6-3. In the final she played Eug\u00e9nie Bouchard of Canada,
\nand the match was quite dramatic. The Romanian lost the first set 6-2, but won
\nthe second one 6-1. In the decisive set the two players reached the tiebreak,
\nwhere Patricia \u0162ig won 7-4. For her win in Istanbul, Patricia was awarded a
\n$25,000-check and 280 WTA points. This achievement has also earned her the
\ntitle of Athlete of the Week on RRI. <\/p>\n
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Patricia \u0162ig was
\nborn July 27, 1994 in Caransebe\u015f. In 2009 she played in her first ITF
\ntournament. In 2012 she won her first ITF tournaments, and in 2015 she played
\nher first WTA final in Baku, where she lost at the end of three sets to
\nMargarita Gasparyan of Russia. She took a break in 2017 to give birth to a little
\ngirl. She returned to the tennis court in 2019, playing a new WTA final, at the
\nBRD Bucharest Open, losing to Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan. In August 2019 she
\nwon the tournament in Karlsruhe, Germany, climbing to the 140th
\nposition in WTA standings. This week she also went up another 30 spots, now
\nranking 58th. <\/p>\n
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(Translated by
\nV. Palcu)<\/p>\n
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