Timea Bacsinszky

SHENZHEN - Serbia's top-ranked female tennis player Jelena Jankovic has suffered an early exit at the Shenzhen WTA tournament after losing 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 to Romania's Simona Halep in the first round.

World number four Halep, who won after an hour and 49 minutes of play, will next face Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic.

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep (No.3) on Wednesday advanced to the semi-finals of the women's singles event of the 5,381,235-US dollar WTA Indian Wells Masters, after defeating Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1.

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MONTERREY- Ana Ivanovic's hopes of defending the title won at the WTA tournament in Monterrey were dashed by France's Caroline Garcia, who beat her 6-1, 6-4 in the semifinals on Sunday morning CET.

It took the Frenchwoman only 55 minutes to defeat Serbia's best female tennis player.

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, world No. 3, was designated the best tennis player of February in the women's professional tennis (WTA) circuit, in an inquiry carried on WTA's site. AGERPRES

Sesil Karatancheva stays in the fight for the title in the Acapulco tennis tournament after winning against Monica Puig from Puerto Rico in a three-set quarterfinals.

Karatancheva won after a match that laster 2 h and 24 minutes and secured a win after 2-6 7-6 (9-7) 6-4.

The Romanian tennis player Simona Halep has won the 500,000-dollar WTA tournament in Shenzhen (China) on Saturday, after sweeping Timea Bacsinszky (Switzerland), #8 seed, 6-2, 6-2.

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Romanian tennis player Simona Halep has qualified for the final of the 500,000-dollar WTA tournament in Shenzhen (China) on Friday, after defeating Chinese player Saisai Zheng by 6-2, 6-3, in one hour and 26 minutes of play.

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