Eugenie Bouchard

Romanian tennis players Simona Halep and Patricia Tig are among the four finalists for the 2019 WTA Shot of the Year, along with Polish Iga Swiatek and Ukrainian Elian Svitolina. Halep, got picked with two nominations, having won the monthly polls in February and May, came into the final with the first, while Patricia Tig won the July poll.

The US sports magazine Sports Illustrated identified the highest ranking Bulgarian male tennis player Grigor Dimitrov as the disappointment of the year in men's tennis.

According to the magazine, "expectation is continuing to trounce achievement".

Romanian tennis player Andreea Mitu advanced on Thursday to the best performance of her career, by qualifying to the 3rd round of the women's Roland Garros tennis tournament, after defeating Karolina Pliskova (the Czech Republic), 12th seed, in the second Grand Slam of the year by 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

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INDIAN WELLS - Serbian female tennis player Jelena Jankovic qualified for the Masters 1000 quarterfinal in Indian Wells, California, as she defeated Belinda Bencic of Switzerland in the match early on Wednesday, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic dispatched Marcos Baghdatis 6-1, 6-3 in 59 minutes to reach the third round of the BNP Paribas Open on March 14 night, improving his record to 8-0 against the Cypriot.

Romania's women's tennis team will compete with Canada's team on April 18 - 19, away, in the playoff for the Fed Cup World Cup, according to the draw carried out in London, on Tuesday.

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Rafael Nadal's Australian Open dream lay in tatters Jan. 27 with the third seed crushed by Tomas Berdych in the quarter-finals, but Maria Sharapova showed who's boss by slapping down Eugenie Bouchard.
      
The out-of-sorts Spaniard, a 14-time Grand Slam champion, was never in contention against a player he had beaten the last 17 times they met stretching back to 2006.

Big guns Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Maria Sharapova successfully blasted their way into the Australian Open second round yesterday but the Grand Slam dream of Ana Ivanovic was shattered.

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep on Thursday qualified for the semifinals of the WTA Finals taking place in Singapore, after Serena Williams lost her first game in the match against Canadian Eugenie Bouchard, in the red Group of the competition.

SINGAPORE - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic outplayed Canada's Eugenie Bouchard 6-1, 6-3 in Singapore on Wednesday.

Following a defeat by Serena Williams in the Red Group first round, Ivanovic is now back into the mix for the semi-finals of the WTA Finals in Singapore.