Romania Fed Cup team

Halep, Buzarnescu, Begu, Niculescu, Olaru, selected for Romania's FedCup team semifinal against France

Simona Halep, Mihaela Buzarnescu, Irina Begu, Monica Niculescu and Raluca Olaru have been nominated by non-playing captain Florin Segarceanu for the Fed Cup tennis semi-finals in Rouen, France, April 20-21, the Romanian Tennis Federation reported on Monday.

Tennis: Simona Halep returns to third place in WTA rankings

Romanian Simona Halep returned to third place in the world rankings of professional tennis players (WTA), made public on Monday, after playing in the final of the WTA Finals in Singapore.

The first place is occupied by American player Serena Williams, with the second being taken by Russian player Maria Sharapova.

Romania's Halep hanging on to #2 in WTA singles ranking

Romanian female tennis player Simona Halep is hanging on to the second position in the latest weekly WTA woman's singles ranking released on Monday, with 6,750 points. Topping the ranking is still Serena Williams of the US, with 9,430 points.

Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu jumped two positions to #60, with 898 points.