Romanian tennis player Monica Niculescu won WTA tournament in China

Newsroom 22/09/2014 | 08:30

“Monica Niculescu beat the heat and Alizé Cornet to win her second WTA title at the Guangzhou International Women’s Open”, announces WTA on their official website on September 20. Romanian tennis player Monica Niculescu won the 500,000-US dollar WTA tournament in Guangzhou, China, after defeating 2nd seed French Alize Cornet 6-4, 6-0 in Saturday’s final, the second WTA title of her career at the Guangzhou International Women’s Open.

Niculescu (aged 26, ranking #60 W) won the match after an hour and 44 minutes, against an opponent who made 12 double faults. The Romanian secured a cheque worth 111,163 dollars and 280 WTA points.

“I was so happy to finish in the end because it was very hot and very humid, and I was very, very tired,” Niculescu said. “But to finish so strong was amazing for me. I have many emotions right now, but most of it is joy and confidence. It’s my second WTA title and that’s just an amazing feeling”, the Romanian tennis player declared for the same source.

This is Monica Niculescu’s best result this year; she also played a WTA semifinal in Bucharest against Simona Halep. Niculescu now has two WTA titles, her first coming at another International-level hardcourt event in Florianopolis, Brazil last year. She’s the sixth Romanian ever to win multiple WTA titles, after Virginia Ruzici, Irina Spirlea, Ruxandra Dragomir-Ilie, Alexandra Dulgheru and Simona Halep.

Photo courtesy of the Guangzhou International Women’s Open