Alena Schurkova

Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland beat Simona Halep of Romania 7-5, 6-0 to win the Belgian Open. The third-ranked Radwanska had a tough opponent in Halep through much of the first set. The Romanian served for the first set before she struggled under pressure, losing the last nine games. Radwanska earned ...  

Jucatoarea romana de tenis Simona Halep a pierdut in fata polonezei Agnieska Radwanska, in finala turneului WTA 500 de la Bruxelles. Dupa o prima mansa echilibrata, castigata de Radwanska cu 7-5, Simona a cedat: 6-0 pentru poloneza (nr. 3 mondial).  

Romanian number one, Simona Halep, stomped over the Swedish star, Sofia Arvidsson, in straight sets at the Brussels Open 2012 on Friday. She juggled up a 6-4, 6-3 success against the world number 62 to power into the final showdown at this WTA (Women’s ...  

Romanian tennis sensation, Simona Halep, continues to stun everyone with her amazing performances at the Brussels Open this week. She hunted down another seeded opponent, Dominika Cibulkova, in the quarter-final round on Thursday, settling the final score ...  

Williams lost her track towards the second set and suffered ... Serena will square-off against Russia’s Nadia Petrova in the round of 32.  

MADRID — Venus Williams held off a late surge by Simona Halep to win 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (6) in the first round of the Madrid Open on Saturday. The seven-time major winner hit three aces and broke the Romanian twice en route to taking the first set.  

FEZ, Morocco — Two-time runner-up Simona Halep knocked out top-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain 6-2, 6-1 to reach the semifinals of the Grand Prix SAR on Thursday. The fifth-seeded Halep, who lost the past two finals, did not face a single break ...  

It was the Italian's second loss in 17 matches here. Halep will play Carla Suarez Navarro in the quarterfinals after the Spanish player beat Petra Cetkovska 6-2, 6-4.  

Date of Birth: 27 September 1991Height: 1.72m / 5’7″Career record: 81-15Highest ranking: 232 (June 8 2009)Simona Halep is the latest up-and-coming tennis sensation.  From Constanta, Romania, she won the Junior French Open Tournament in 2008, aged 16. A year later, in 2009, Halep could only make the second round of the qualifiers in the Senior tournament, losing in three sets to Vitalia  

Simona Halep a fost eliminata in turul trei de la Miami, jucatoarea din Romania fiind invinsa de Marion Bartoli, favorita numarul 7, scor 6-4, 7-6(6). In turneul masculin, Rafael Nadal nu a avut emotii in fata lui Radek Stepanek (6-2, 6-2), ibericul ajungand in turul patru al competitiei americane.  

Marion Bartoli threw away a 4-2 first set lead in her second round clash against Polona Hercog on Friday, but eventually regained her focus to claim a well-deserved 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 success. The seventh seed will now take on world No. 50 Simona Halep on ...  

Italy's fourth seed Roberta Vinci followed compatriot Francesca Schiavone out of the Barcelona Open as she was swept aside 6-1 6-3 by Romania's Simona Halep in the second round on Wednesday. After top seed Schiavone's shock departure on Tuesday ...  

Up next for Vinci will be Romanian Simona Halep. Meanwhile, sixth-seeded Czech Petra Cetkovska snuck past struggling Israeli Shahar Peer 6-1, 5-7, 7-5 and seventh-seeded Italian Sara Errani bested Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu 7-6 (7-5), 6-4.  

BARCELONA, Spain (AP)—Sara Errani of Italy defeated second-seeded Julia Goerges of Germany 6-2, 6-3 on Friday to reach the Barcelona Open semifinals.The seventh-seeded Errani took advantage of Goerges' erratic serve to break five times on the outdoor clay. The Italian will face Carla Suarez Navarro, who beat Simona Halep of Romania 6-4, 6-1.Suarez Navarro managed to break Halep eight times in nine service games and rallied from a 3-1 first-set...  

BARCELONA, Spain, April 11 (UPI) -- Simona Halep posted a second-round upset Wednesday of fourth-seeded Roberta Vinci at the Barcelona Ladies Open tennis tournament in Spain.