Romanian women's tennis had a quiet period during the last ten years, since the retirement of former top 20 player Ruxandra Dragomir and Top 10 players Irina Spirlea. Over the past few seasons have seen the emergence Alexandra Dulghuru the WTA Tour.Feisty Romanian has earned a place in the top 30 rankings and is now one of Romania's top sports stars. Only 21, Alexander has a long career ahead of her and showed her ability to be in the top 20 in 2011, consistent with the view, especially on her favorite clay surface.
Dulghuru may have competition in the rest of Romania's top-ranked tennis player. Sorana Cirstea has shown she is capable of a big win, but it is disappointing to 2010th Perhaps there is no more exciting player from Romania now than 19 years Simona Halep.
diminutive Romanian stands at only 5 foot 6 inches tall, but her aggression on the court more than for her height nedostatak.Djevojka from Constanta, located on the Black Sea is a former junior world number one in 2008. Simon won the junior Grand Slam event at Roland Garros and won many matches as a junior from quality opponents who are currently ranked within the top 100 players on the WTA ranks, such as Christina McHale, Ksenia Pervak, and even a brilliant win against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova uJunior Aussie Open. After starting his career in style in 2010, this next year will be the time to Halep to showcase her impressive form on the WTA Tour.
As a former junior world number one may be great pressure to bear on the WTA Tour, but Halep demonstrated in Marbella in April that he was willing to mix it with the games best players. Having come through three tough qualifying matches Simon continued to run in the quarter-finals with an impressive win against the always consistent Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic, and then over fellow countrywoman Cirstea before losing in a closely fought match heavy clay Düchting Flavia Pennetta. Halep impressed many in Spain, a week later qualified for the second tournament in Barcelona, falling in three sets with Carla Suarez-Navarro-former French Open quarter-finalist. Halep's confidence continues to grow today.
At the end of April Simona qualified again in Morocco, go to the finals against shows like veteran Patty Schnyder, moving her ranking within striking distance of the world's top 100 Roland Garros is the next and has qualified for her first Grand Slam event, the Romanian lucky draw Sam Stosur in the first round. She lost the match in straight sets, but Stosur goes to the finals in Paris, Simon knew that he was against more experienced opponents.
Halep rest of the year to gain experience and continue to tour, playing a mixture of ITF and gaining a qualification event wins top players, like Time Bacsinzsky and Elena Baltacha, and taking the former world number one Jelena Jankovic in 3 sets at the U.S. Open. During the season, a small Romanian teenager has improved its ranking in world's top 100, and will start in 2011 in a much better position. She will not have to qualify for as many events, save your energy for the main draws. Simon still has a lot to learn, but she definitely has the ability, power and work ethic to go far in the game. 2011 should be Halep is a breakout season, moving within the world's top 50 players. It will prove a formidable opponent for many, especially during the clay court season. Many of the world's best players will want to avoid her in the tournament's early rounds. Simon is only going to get stronger and more powerful. She has all shots and is definitely a potential Top 20 player in the coming years.
