The Romanian players found their opponents in the first round at Wimbledon »Gabriela Ruse, a duel against the winner of the Australian Open

On Friday, June 27, at 12:00, the draw for the main painting at Wimbledon, the third Grand Slam tournament of the year, began. Romania had 4 players in qualifications, but all were eliminated, so stayed with the 5 athletes on the main panel.

Cristian, Ruse, Todoni, Begu and Cîrstea learned their opponents from Wimbledon

This is Jaqueline Cristian, Gabriela Ruse, Anca Todoni, Irina Begu and Sorana Cîrstea, who found out their opponents in the first round. The most unlucky was Russian, who will debut at Wimbledon with a match against Madison Keys, 6th place in the world.

Here's what the duels of the Romanian in the first round look like:

• Anca Todoni (20 years old, 90 WTA) vs. Cristina Bucsa (27 years old, 101 WTA)

• Gabriela Ruse (27 years old, 57 WTA) vs. Madison Keys (30 years old, 6 WTA)

• Hailey Baptiste (23 years, 54 WTA) vs. Sorana Cîrstea (35 years old, 169 WTA)

• Zeynep Sonmez (23 years, 88 WTA) vs. Jaqueline Cristian (27 years old, 50 WTA)

• Irina Begu (34 years old, 117 WTA) vs. Kaja Juvan (24 years old, 242 WTA)

Therefore, Todoni, Cristian and Begu will play against weaker tennis. Instead, Cîrstea, who is on the 16th presence on the main panel of Wimbledon, will take again with Hailey Baptiste, As did it in the first round of Madrid, when the US player imposed 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (4).

The main painting of Wimbledon 2025/Photo: X (Mario Boccardi)

Here's who the first 5 WTA ranking players will play with:

• Aryna Sabalenka (27 years, 1 WTA) vs. Carson Branstine (24 years old, 197 WTA)

• Coco Gauff (21 years old, 2 WTA) vs. Dayana YastMska (25 years old, 42 WTA)

• Jessica Pegula (31 years old, 3 WTA) vs. Elisabetta Cocriaretto (24 years old, 122 WTA)

• Jasmine Paolini (29 years, 4 WTA) vs. Anastasija Sevastova (35 years old, 402 WTA)

• Qinwen Zheng (22 years old, 5 WTA) vs. Katerina Siniakova (29 years old, 78 WTA)

Wimbledon, the third Grand Slam tournament of the year, will take place between June 30 and July 13.