​​Gabriela Ruse entered the main draw of the “WTA 1000” tournament in Rome, the Romanian defeated Camilla Rahimova (90th place in the world ranking) in three sets.

Rousse, ranked 152 in the world, took three hours to overcome the player from Russia (6) 6-7, 6-3, 6-3.

Know:

• Having entered the main draw, Gabriela secured a prize of 7,828 euros and 30 points in the WTA ranking.

• Romania is also represented at the Foro Italico competition by Sorana Kirstia, Ana Bohdan (first round) and Iryna Begu (directly accepted in the second round).

​h2: The last champions of the Foro Italico

2022 – Iga Svyatek

2021 – Iga Svyatek

2020 – Simona Halep

2019 – Karolina Plishkova

2018 – Elina Svitolina (final with Simona Halep)

2017 – Elina Svitolina (final with Simona Halep)

2016 – Serena Williams

2015 – Maria Sharapova and others.

Know:

• The Italian competition, founded in 1930, has been won three times by a Romanian athlete: Ilie Nestase, 1970 and 1973 editions, and Simona Halep, 2020.

• They have also been in the finals: Ilie Nestase (1974, losing to Bjorn Borg), Virginia Ruzici (1978, 1980, 1981) and Simona Halep (2017, 2018, losing both times to Elina Svitolina).

WTA Rome takes place from May 9 to 20 on the clay in the Foro Italico complex. His total prize money is $3,572,618 and is in the “WTA 1000” category. Iga Svyatek became the champion of the last two competitions.