Article by Luminița Paul – Published Monday, April 13, 2026, 8:17 p.m. / Updated Monday, April 13, 2026, 8:17 p.m.
The Romanian player Ruxandra Bertea (19 years old, 290th WTA place) reached the main draw of the WTA 125 tournament in Oeiras (Portugal), after passing through two qualifying rounds.
The young tricolor player Ruxandra Bertea he has access to the second most important painting of his career. She went through two qualifying rounds in the WTA 125 category tournament in Oeiras on clay to reach her goal.
First, she won against the Russian Alisa Oktiabreva (17 years old, 282nd place in the world), 7-6 (10), 2-6, 6-4then it benefited from the abandonment of Georgian Ekaterina Gorgodze (34 years old, number 166 WTA) at the score of 6-5 in favor of the Romanian.
She thus obtained her place on the big picture, where she will meet the Swiss in the inaugural round Rebekah Masarova. It will be the first duel with the 26-year-old player, occupying the 123rd WTA position.
He also improved in the qualifications Gabriela Lee (30 years old, 354th place WTA). She defeated the Czech in the 1st round Barbora Palicovaseeded 4 in the preliminaries, 6-2, 0-6, 6-3, then lost to the German Tessa Johanna Brockmannfavorite 7, 2-6, 5-7. On the doubles board, Irina Bara and the brazilian Ingrid Martins they lost in the inaugural round, 4-6, 3-6, the dispute with the 2 favorites, the Portuguese Francisca and Matilda Jorge.
Before this presence on the Oeiras grid, Ruxandra Bertea she was only once on a higher table, this year, at the Transylvania Open, performing in the WTA 250 tournament thanks to a wild card offered by the organizers and losing in the first round the dispute with the Slovenian Kaja Juvanranked 97th WTA at the time, 3-6, 4-6.
Ruxandra Bertea, in the Romanian BJK Cup team
Last week, Elena Ruxandra Bertea she was with her colleagues from Romania's Billie Jean King Cup team in Oeiras, fighting to stay in Group I, the Europe-Africa Zone, of the competition.
Romania's BJK Cup team, remaining in Group I Europe Africa Photo: Instagram
Before leaving, she mentioned that she wanted to stay in Portugal to try to qualify for the main draw of the two WTA 125 tournaments that are played back-to-back on Portuguese clay.
The “tricolors” evolved first in group C, managing to beat Norway, 3-0but yielding at the border with France and Latvia, 1-2 every time. Following these results, they contested the relegation play-off, winning with 2-0 in front of Georgia and maintaining its position in this echelon.
Ruxandra Berteathe team's first rocket, even delivered the redeeming point with Georgia, outdoing her with 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 on the same Ekaterina GorgodzeWTA No. 164 last week. She prevailed in the duel with Norway against him Malene Helgo (782 WTA), 3-6, 6-1, 6-3, against France was defeated by Leolia Jeanjean (124 WTA), 6-2, 7-5, and in the dispute with Latvia he lost against Adelina Lacinova (611 WTA), 0-6, 5-7.
In 2026, Bertea ticked off two good results in ITF tournaments. He reached the quarter-finals in the W35 competition in Heraklion on clay in early March, then, at the same venue, also “quarters” in a W50 tournament. Last year, she debuted in Romania's BJK Cup team.
