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French Open: Halep defeats Muguruza, to play in third final
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Paris [France], Jun 7 (ANI): World No. 1 and Romanian tennis ace Simona Halep on Thursday eased past third seed Garbine Muguruza of Spain, 6-1, 6-4, to book her place in the finals of French Open for the third time in four years, giving a chance for herself to win a Grand Slam title
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French Open: Halep, Sharapova move to third round
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Paris [France], Jun 1 (ANI): Top seed and Romanian tennis ace Simona Halep and Russia's Maria Sharapova comfortably beat their opponents and progressed to the third round of the French Open here on Thursday.
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Simona Halep retains top spot in WTA rankings
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Florida [U.S.A], May 19 (ANI): Romanian tennis star Simona Halep has retained her numero-uno spot in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Rankings after booking her place in the semi-finals of the Rome Masters.
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Unaware of Nassar's abuse at their ranch, claims Karolyis
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], Mar 29 (ANI): Romanian-American gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi and his wife Martha, who own the Karolyi Ranch, have claimed to be unaware of the abuses carried out by former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar at their ranch.
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Simona Halep reclaims world No 1 ranking
Updated : 8 years ago IST
St. Petersburg [USA], Feb 27 (ANI): Romanian tennis ace Simona Halep has returned to world number one in women rankings.
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Australian Open: Halep beats Kerber to reach finals
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], January 25 (ANI): World number one Simona Halep will take on Caroline Wozniacki in the Australian Open final, after battling it out with Angelique Kerber in the semi-finals.
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Romanian PM Mihai Tudose resigns
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Bucharest [Romania], Jan 16 (ANI): Romanian Prime Minister Mihai Tudose has resigned after his party withdrew its support amid a power struggle with the group's chairman, who himself, is barred from political office because of a vote-rigging conviction.
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Simona Halep reaches China Open final, becomes World No.1
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Oct. 7 (ANI): Romanian tennis player Simona Halep has climbed up to the number one spot for the first time in the WTA rankings after thrashing Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko in straight sets in the semi-finals of the China Open.
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Venus downs Begu to reach second round of Rogers Cup
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], Aug.8 (ANI): Seven-time Grand Slam Champion Venus Williams kicked off her campaign at the Rogers Cup on a winning note as she swept aside Romanian qualifier Irina-Camelia Begu in three-set thriller here on Tuesday.
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Nastase banned, fined over racist comment about Williams' pregnancy
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], July 21 (ANI): Romanian tennis legend Ilie Nastase has been handed a three-year ban and a fine by the International Tennis Federation over his offensive statements about former world number one Serena Williams and a foul-mouthed Fed Cup tirade.
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Halep eases into Italian Open semis
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], May 19 (ANI): Romanian sixth seed Simona Halep entered the semi-final of the Italian Open with a comfortable straight-sets win over Estonia's Anett Kontaveit on Friday.
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Halep beats Mladenovic to retain Madrid Open title
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], May 14 (ANI): Romanian third seed Simona Halep successfully defended her women's singles title of the Madrid Open after defeating Kristina Mladenovic in a thrilling final on Saturday.
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