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Romanian tennis player Elena Gabriela Ruse this
\npast Wednesday advanced to the women’s doubles semifinals as part of the year’s
\nfirst Grand Slam tournament, the Australian Open. In the quarterfinals, Elena Gabriela
\nRuse and Ukraine’s Marta Kostiuk defeated Australia’s Storm Hunter and 4th-seeded
\ntennis player, Belgium’s Elise Mertens, 7-6, 2-6, 6-4. <\/p>\n
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It took Elena Gabriela Ruse and Marta
\nKostiuk two and a half hours of play to win the confrontation. The two succeeded
\ntheir peak performance in a Grand Slam tournament. Elena Gabriela Ruse and Marta
\nKostiuk had a rather sluggish start as the scoreboard displayed a 2-nil advantage
\nfor Hunter and Mertens. Yet Ruse and Kostiuk came from behind and forced the
\ntiebreak, securing a first-set, 8-6 win as Hunter and Mertens had a 5-2 lead earlier
\ninto the game. In the second set, Hunter and Mertens had no problem securing a
\n6-2 win, even though Ruse and Kostiuk had won the first two games of the set. In the third set,
\nwhich was the decisive one, Ruse and Kostiuk began with a break, then later during
\nthe game secured a 5-2 advantage and eventually won the set, 6-4. <\/p>\n
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Having advanced to the Australian Open’s quarterfinals,
\nElena-Gabriela Ruse and Marta Kostiuk received 210,000 AUD and were granted
\n780 WTA points, according to the women’s double rankings, In the semifinals,
\nRuse and Kostiuk are pitted against top-seeded opponents, Australian Open title
\nholders, the all-Czech pair made of Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova, <\/p>\n
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The other Romania tennis players competing in
\nMelbourne have all been eliminated from competition. In the women’s singles, it
\nwas only Irina Begu who reached as far as the second round. We recall this past
\nThursday Begu was defeated by Laura Siegemund of Germany. In the women’s
\ndoubles, apart from Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Monica Niculescu also had a
\nsatisfactory run, pairing up with Swiss player Viktorija Golubic. Monica and Victorija
\nwere unable to go past the round of 16 as they were defeated by Hunter and Mertens,
\nthe pair that laser was eliminated by Ruse and Kostiuk. Niculescu and Golubic will
\nbe rewarded with a cheque worth 67,250 AUD and 240 WTA points. (EN)<\/p>\n
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