There is something about playing in Romania that brings out the very best of Miriam Bulgaru. In October 2023 she scored her first WTA Main tour win at the home 250 Tournament in Cluj, the Transylvania Open. She produced fearless and energetic tennis in front of the home crowd and very nearly made it to…

Hello and welcome to the Live Text Commentary for Maria Sara Popa’s opening main draw match at the W75 The Hague against Ipek Oz from Turkey. Our opponent today is 26 years old and reached a career high of 163 in the world, currently ranked 326. Like our Maria, she is ‘proper handed’ and for…

Good afternoon and welcome to the Wimbledon Live Text Commentary of Jil Teichmann of Switzerland and Lucia Bronzetti of Italy, this is a first round encounter and our players have just arrived. I think Jil won the toss and said receive but it’s rather noisy on the court next door – must be a Brit…

Elena Gabriela Ruse from Romania (Gabi to her fans) has experienced many highs and lows in her still relatively young career, now 27 years old, she has reached three WTA finals including a title win in Hamburg WTA 250 2021, she reached the final of Palermo the very next week, she reached a career high…

It is May and in Paris it is raining this must mean the gates to Roland Garros have opened. The second Grand Slam of the year, the culmination of the European Clay Court swing. We are into the second round of qualifying and we have an exciting all Romanian Derby; Miriam Bulgaru and Patricia Tig,…

Thursday 24th April 2025 NB 1330 local Before we begin this one I would like to mention one of Miri’s key sponsors – Pescobar. Owner of Romania’s Taverna Racilor Seafood Group. Recently opened in Camden Town, London the famous Octopus Kebab. Highly recommend ♥️🐙 https://www.pescobarkebap.com Okay, Octopuses aside let’s get our tentacles into this one.…

Thursday 24th April 2025 1030am local ‘But I don’t get it!’ You cry! ‘Gabs lost in qualifying a few days ago, you wrote about it. I read it, it must be true!’ Well yes, however she got a lucky loser spot into the first round and beat Great Britain’s Jodie Burrage 6-4 6-4! ‘Wow great…

Tuesday 22nd April – Around Lunch time Ahead of her very first Live Text Commentary on this website I would like to write a few words about Miriam Bulgaru, she is my favourite tennis player and I would like to briefly explain why. For many years I have been a huge fan of Simona Halep,…

Tuesday 22nd April 2025 Good morning welcome to the live text commentary for Romania’s Gabi Lee’s second round qualifying match at W75 Chiasso against the top seed Katarina Zavatska from Ukraine. 0-1 Very lively start from Gabi, long rallies, lots of variety, using the slice attacking with the forehand. She has a few break points…

Saturday 19th April 2025 Approx 1230 I am delighted to announce my next live text commentary will be for one of my favourite WTA players, Switzerland’s Simona Waltert. Simi is having a great season so far, regularly going deep in tournaments and stacking up the trophies in doubles. She has been super this week and…