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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: Adrian Senin, Adrian Vlas, Aihan Omer, Albert Klett, Alexandra Stan, Alexandru M el, Alexandru Pesamosca, Anamaria T marjan, Andrei B nic, Andrei Pavel, Aura Andreea Munteanu, Aurelia Ciurea, Camelia Voinea, C t lina Ponor, Costi Ioni, Cristina Marin, Daniela M r nduc, Daniel Constantin Florea, Denis Alibec, Dorel Zaharia, Dumitru Antonescu, Elizabeta Samara, Florin Lungu, Gabriel Moraru, George Cosac, George Doroban u, Haig Acterian, Harry Tavitian, Horia Agarici, Horia Tec u, Ianis Zicu, Ionela Stanca, Ionu Larie, Ionu Moldovan, Iuliana Roxana Nucu, Marian M ciuc, Marian Pirvu, Mihai Mocanu, Mihai Stere, Mircea Bedivan, Mitic Pricop, Natalya Varley, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Nicolae Nemirschi, Nicoleta Daniela ofronie, Oana Corina Constantin, Puiu Ha otti, Ramona M nescu, R zvan Florea, Sebastian Bodu, Sebastian Stan, Simona Amanar, Simona Halep, Stere Gulea, T. O. Bobe, Tranda. Excerpt: Simona Halep (born September 27, 1991) is a world top-100 tennis player playing on the ITF Women's Circuit and the WTA Tour, and is currently the number-two ranked women's tennis player in Romania (out of 5 in the top-100). She is the youngest Romanian player in the top-100. Halep's father Stere runs a cheese and milk factory. She started playing tennis at age four, in emulation of her older brother. She has self-described her playing style as being "an aggressive baseliner," while New York Times columnist Michael Kimmelman described her as "a scrappy player from Romania, short but with potent ground strokes and a scrambler's talent." In a post-match interview Serena Williams once commented that Halep "serves well her height... She has so much power on her serve." Halep with the Roland Garros Junior Championship trophy in 2008She started the year with a final in Nottinghill, losing to Arantxa Rus, then defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the quarterfinals at the Australian Open Junior Championships, before losing in the semifinal to Jessica Moore. At the ITF $50,000 tournament in Bucharest, Halep eliminated former Roland Garros semi-finalist Sesil Karatantcheva in the first round, before losing in the quarterfinals to Sorana Cirstea in three sets, 6-3, 3-6, 1-6. She won a pair of junior events in May. First, she won the ITF $10,000 tournament in Bucharest against Stephanie Vongsouthi by a score of 7-6, 6-3. That was followed by a victory in the finals at Trofeo Bonfiglio, winning over Bojana Jovanovski by a score of 6-4, 6-1. At the Roland Garros Junior Championships, she entered the main draw as the 9th seed. In the first round, she defeated Charlotte Rodier, 6-4, 6-1, and then Karen Barbat from Denmark, 6-3, 6-1. In the 3rd round, Halep won against 5th seed Jessica Moore, 6-0, 6-1. In the quarterfinals, Simona beat 13th seed Ksenia Lykina, 6-1, 6-2. In the semifinals, Halep defeated second seed Arantxa Rus 6-3, 7-5, and then won the all-Romanian final, 6-4, 6-7,
