Four Romanians in qualifications at Wimbledon, the first, Patricia Ţig and Ana Bogdan have already surpassed tour 1
Article by Luminița Paul – published Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 19:00 / Updated Tuesday, June 24, 2025 7:05 pm
Patricia Ţig (30 years old, 215th WTA) imposed with 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4 in front of Canadian Kayla Cross (20 years old, world number 229) and advanced in the 2nd England Club qualifications. So did Ana Bogdan (32 years, 247 WTA), 6-4, 6-1 with Ekaterina Makarova (29 years, 220 WTA). Miriam Bulgaru (204 WTA) and Mihaela Buzărnescu (protected ranking) are the other Romanian players from the Wimbledon preliminaries.
The qualifications for the main paintings from the Wimbledonthe third Grand Slam tournament of the year, and four players in Romania registered to play their chance. The first round of the preliminaries is played during a day, with matches distributed on 16 lands within the All England Club.
UPDATE. Ana Bogdan qualified in round 2, clear victory
Ana Bogdan He qualified in the second round of Wimbledon qualifications, as did Patricia Tig. The “tricolora” in the 247th place worldly, 6-4, 6-1 in one hour and 19 minutes in front of the Russo Ekaterina Makarova (29 years, number 220 WTA).
With higher figures at work, much better on the second in particular, and five aces, Bogdan had a trusted platform in his game. In the first set, after an exchange of breaks, he succeeded, even at the end, closing with 6-4. In the present second he paraded and sealed the match with a white range.
Ana Bogdan in action at Wimbledon Photo: Imago Images
The two met once, all this year, on the slag, in the WTA 125 tournament in Antalya 3, when Ana was forced to withdraw, with breathing problems, at the score of 6-1, 2-0 in favor of the opponent.
In round 2, the Romanian will face the winner of Anastasia Zakharova (94 WTA) – Lizette Cabrera (Australia, 205 WTA).
Ana Bogdan played seven times on the main painting in Wimbledon, succeeding her best result in 2023, tour 3.
Patricia Ţig, goodbye to the opponent and the second victory
Patricia Ţig (30 years, the 215th WTA) entered the inaugural match on the 8th field, the one against the young Canadian player Kayla Cross (20 years, the world number 229).
Coincidence, the two faced exactly in the same phase, a little more than a month ago, at Roland Garros, when the Romanian imposed with 6-4, 6-2 – that being their only previous duel.
And this time, Patricia won, but after a much longer and tense duel. It took two hours and 40 minutes to close the game with a winning forehand. Guarantee of passing in the second round of qualifications where it will face the American Robin Montgomery (20 years, 119th place), to be their first duel.
Tig had not played a match on the grass, at any level, from Wimbledon 2021, when he gave in round 1 in front of Daria Kasatkina, then representative of Russia, 0-6, 6-3, 3-6. He had played once more on the big painting at the All England Club, in 2016, being defeated by Sara Errani, 6-4, 6-4.
In confrontation with Cross, the Romanian used his experience to overcome the disappointment of the first set, one decided by a single break succeeded by the opponent. However, the second act started launched, quickly winning against the service, 2-0.
11Double Mistakes made Patricia Ţig, with two more than her opponent
It was important that it did not surrender when, after a series of three breaks, the opponent equalized at 5. Ţig imposed on tie-break, one controlled, 7-4. Decisively he entered with an excellent return range, already 1-0, he crossed two difficult games on his own service, saving 6 break balls, then confined to it for 6-4. And over two and a half hours of effort.
In 2025, Patricia spent the season between the ITF circuit and the WTA 125 tournaments, the only presence on the picture of a WTA 250 contest being in Bogota. There, he entered the painting like Lucky Loser, produced a surprise, defeating Favorite 4 in the first round, Emiliana ARANGO from Colombia but giving in to the next round in front of the 16 -year -old adolescence Juliet Pareja (US).
Patricia Ţig greeting the audience at Bogota Photo: Instagram Copo Colsanitas
During the first day of the female picture of qualifications, the other Romanians will evolve:
- Miriam Bulgaru – Elsa Jacquemot (FRA)
- Mihaela Buzărnescu – Lucrezia Stefanini (ITA)
On the main panel will evolve: Sorana Cîrstea (35 years old with special ranking 37), Jaqueline Cristian (27 years old, 74th place), Gabriela Ruse (27 years old, 85th place), Anca Todoni (20 years old, 91st place), Irina Begu (34 years, 94th place).
