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Irina-Camelia Begu (born 26 August 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player. On 22 August 2016, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 22. Her highest doubles ranking of No. 30 was achieved on 26 October 2015. Begu started the season losing in the qualifying of Sydney and Brisbane. beating Stephanie Vogt, Jovana Jakšić and Madison Brengle before losing in the main draw to Kazakh Galina Voskoboeva in three sets. In Rio, she played the qualifying rounds and reached the main draw, where she made it to the quarterfinals after beating 8th seed Vania Kingand Verónica Cepede Royg. She then lost to Teliana Pereira in two sets. However, she won the title in the doubles after teaming up with María Irigoyen. At Oeiras she reached the semifinals, beating in her route Kurumi Nara, Kaia Kanepi and Timea Bacsinszky before losing to eventual champion Carla Suárez Navarro. At Seoul in singles she lost in the first round to Chanelle Scheepers in three sets. In doubles she paired with Lara Arruabarrena defeating Mona Barthel and Mandy Minella in the final with the score 6–3, 6–3, claiming her second WTA doubles title of the year. At Moscow she reached her first Premier Final, beating Donna Vekić, 2nd seed Ekaterina Makarova, Tsvetana Pironkovaand 4th seed Lucie Šafářová before losing to seed 6 and the eventual champion Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. With this result, she returned to the top 40. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irina-Camelia_Begu Since I started playing tennis, I become stronger, I lose weight and I do my recommended daily dose of motion. I love this sport! https://pl.pinterest.com/pin/170785010843872849/ 137