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Among them, great names of Romanian tennis, such as veteran tennis player Irina Begu and the surprise of the 2024 edition, Anca Todoni. <\/p>\n<p>However, the winner was a player who, before her remarkable feat in Bucharest, was not one of the 200 players according to world rankings. Miriam Bulgaru is WTA 202nd tennis player. Her win in Bucharest is her career-peak so far. Reason enough for Radio Romania International to designate Miriam Bulgaru the Athlete of the week. <\/p>\n<p>As part of the \u0162iriac Foundation Trophy, in the first round Miriam Bulgaru outclassed Italy\u2019s Nicole Fossa Huergo, cu 6-1, 6-3. In the second round, Miriam Bulgaru defeated Serbia\u2019s Dejana Radanovic, 6-4, 6-4. In the quarterfinals Miriam defeated Alevtina Ibraghimova of Russia, 6-2 , 6-2. It was not until the semi-final confrontation that she lost the first set, when Bulgaru played Georgia\u2019s Ekaterine Gorgodze, eventually winning the match, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. <\/p>\n<p>In the final, Bulgaru went against Liechtenstein\u2019s Kathinka von Deichmann, who, in the quarterfinals, outclassed the top-seed tennis player, Argentina\u2019s Marie Lourdes Carle. Miriam Bulgaru won the first set, 6-3. von Deichmann won the second set, 6-1. However, the decisive set was won by the Romanian, 6-4. The winner was rewarded with 15,000 USD, also skipping 24 places according to world rankings. So far Miriam has reached her career peak, the 178th-position. <\/p>\n<p>Miriam Bulgaru was born on October 8, 1988 in the central Romania town of Alba Iulia. Miriam made her debut in the WTA circuit in 2018, at the Bucharest Open, where she was granted a wild card. However, in the first round she lost to China\u2019s Wang Yafan. So far Miriam has won three ITF tournaments. 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