Article by Luminița Paul – Published on Saturday, 25 October 2025, 15:43 / Updated on Saturday, 25 October 2025 15:43
Romanian player Miriam Bulgaru (27 years old, world number 232) lost in the quarterfinals of the WTA 125 tournament in Queretaro (Mexico), played on clay, 6-3, 6-7 (7), 2-6 to the American Katrina Scott (21 years old, number 461 WTA).
this week, Miriam Bulgarian he still sought clay, his favorite surface, on which he performed without interruption from Wimbledon onwards. The Romanian entered the WTA 125 challenger category tournament in Queretaro (Mexico).
The 5th favorite of the competition, she stopped in the quarterfinals, where she lost in a big fight, 6-3, 6-7 (7), 2-6, at the end of 3 hours and one minute, to the American Katrina Scottranked 229 places lower than her in the world ranking.
Miriam Bulgaru missed the match point for the semifinals
After a first set with six breaks, awarded by Bulgaru, the Romanian came back in the second from 1-4then from 6-5 with a break for the opponent. The tie-break was tense to the point of unbearable, and Miriam had the match point, 7-6but on Scott's service.
This was imposed in the end with 9-7then he got better through a not-so-simple decisive set, despite the score of 6-2. Again six breaks and three extended games, including the last of the match.
For the presence among the top 8, the “tricolor” will receive 27 WTA points and a check for 3,450 dollars. The points ensure her a rise of 11 positions in the live WTA hierarchy, up to 222, but two players can surpass her, depending on the result obtained in the competition in Saguenay (Canada), with a scholarship of 75,000 dollars.
Miriam Bulgaru in action at Queretaro Photo: Queretaro Open
In the first round in Queretaro, Miriam Bulgaru beat her 6-2, 6-3 on Maria Fernanda Navarro Oliva (29 years old, world number 681), one of the local players, who had come from the qualifiers. She then overtook the Slovak Martina Okalova (28 years old, number 406 WTA), 7-6 (5), 6-3.
1 titleof the WTA 125 category has Miriam Bulgaru in her record, conquered in Bucharest in September 2024
In recent months, Miriam achieved her best results of the season. He won two ITF tournaments, the one from Kursumlijska Banja (Serbia), with prizes of 35,000 dollars, and the one from BISTRIŢAwith a $50,000 scholarship, then lost in the finals at Vienna$75,000 prize contest, against a local favorite, Sinja Kraus.
The Bulgarian started 2025 ranked 217th in the world, climbing as high as 199th first in March and then in June.
