Romanian tennis player Monica Niculescu (picture, left) and her Taiwanese teammate Hsieh Su-wei won the Ladies Open Biel Bienne doubles final in Switzerland.

They defeated the Swiss duo made of Timea Bacsinszky and Martina Hingis 5-7, 6-3, 10-7, in one hour and 45 minutes.

For this win, Niculescu and Su-wei got 280 points in the WTA doubles ranking and USD 12,300. The tournament offered total money prizes of over USD 226,000.

Monica Niculescu is the third best-ranked Romanian in the WTA ranking of the top women’s tennis players in the world. She is at number 47, with 1,145 points. Simona Halep is the best-ranked Romanian player (5th), followed by Irina-Camelia Begu (33rd).

In the doubles ranking, Monica Niculescu is the best-ranked Romanian female player – 23rd. Romania has two other players in the top 100, namely Raluca Olaru at number 53, and Andreea Mitu at 86.

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Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com

(Photo source: Ladies Open Biel Bienne on Facebook)