Gabriela Ruse, close to the start of the tournament where she played the final in 2025 » Duel with an opponent she defeated 3 times
Article by David Istrate – Published on Tuesday, 09 June 2026, 10:03 / Updated on Tuesday, 09 June 2026 10:06
Gabriela Ruse (28 years old, 88 WTA) starts her grass season on Tuesday, June 9, playing in the Netherlands, at 's-Hertogenbosch, a tournament where she reached the final in 2025. In the first round, the Romanian has Tamara Korpatsch (31 years old, 79 WTA) as her opponent, and the match will start around 1:30 p.m.
If Sorana Cîrstea and Jaqueline Cristian are in London, at the WTA tournament at the Queen's Club, Gabriela Ruse, the third Romanian in the WTA top 100, decided to play in the Netherlands, at 's-Hertogenbosch, where she had an excellent career a year ago.
Specifically, in 2025, Ruse reached the final of the tournament, where she was defeated 6-3, 7-6 (4) by Elise Mertens. This year, there is a chance of a replay of the final even in the “eights” of the tournament in 's-Hertogenbosch.
The tennis player from Belgium won without emotions against Bianca Andreescu (25 years old, 158 WTA), score 6-1, 6-2 and qualified for the round of 16. If Ruse gets past Korpatsch, she will meet Mertens in the next stage.
Gabriela Ruse – Tamara Korpatsch, in the inaugural round of the 's-Hertogenbosch tournament
For the 28-year-old athlete, it is the first tournament on grass this year. At Roland Garros, Ruse was eliminated in the first round, having to abandon in the second set of the confrontation with Magdalena Frech, at the score of 7-6 (5), 2-1 for the Polish. The Romanian later explained that she was severely affected by the heat.
Instead, Korpatsch made it all the way to Round 3 in Paris after getting past Sara Sorribes Tormo and Xinyu Wang. In the end, the German was defeated 6-2, 6-3 by Elina Svitolina, a top 10 WTA player.
Ruse and Korpatsch have met 4 times before, but never on grass. Tricolora won the 3 duels played on clay, in Montreux (2018), Prague (2020) and Hamburg (2024), but her opponent defeated her on hard, in the final of Transylvania Open 2023.
The match will take place on Court 3 immediately after the match between Katie Volynets (24 years old, 101 WTA) and Zeynep Sonmez (24 years old, 67 WTA), which will start at 12:00. The match can be watched on Digi Sport.
