Irina-Camelia Begu

Irina-Camelia Begu (born 26 August 1990) is a professional Romanian tennis player who is currently ranked no. 26. On 28 September 2015, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of no. 26. Her highest doubles ranking of no. 35 was reached on 30 July 2012. She is coached by Marius Comănescu. She is the no. 2 female tennis player of Romania.

Biography

Irina Begu was born in Bucharest. Her mother, Steluţa, works for the Government of Romania, while her father Paul is an electrician. She has an older brother, Andrei.

She started playing tennis when she was 3 years old, her aunt Aura Wagner coached her and she is currently working with two coaches at a club in Bucharest. Her hobbies include shopping and going to the cinema with friends. She likes Melbourne and Paris, but her favorite city is New York.

Irina's favorite surface is clay, she admires Martina Hingis and Roger Federer and her goal is to become a top 10 player.

Professional career

2011: Breakthrough

Irina Begu started the year at No.234, never winning a main draw match at WTA level.

Begu

Saint Begu (died 31 October 690) was a nun and later became a saint from Hackness, Yorkshire (Deira). She served at the monastic conversation in the nunnery of Hackness, near Scarborough which was built by St. Hilda of Whitby shortly before her death.

Begu was the woman who claimed to have witnessed Hilda's soul being borne to heaven by angels when Hilda died on 17 November 680. Tradition states that at the moment of Hilda's passing, the bells tolled. Begu awoke to find her fellow sisters in the dormitory sleeping; it is then that Begu stated she witnessed the vision of the roof of the house opening and Hilda's soul been borne into heaven. The nuns awakened and prayed for the soul of the blessed abbess until, at dawn, some monks arrived to tell them of her death.

Years after the death of Begu herself, the monks of Whitby Abbey were seeking holy relics to replace those of Hilda in 1125, as they were transferred to Glastonbury Abbey due to the 10th century Viking raids. Through a supposed revelation, a sarcophagus was uncovered at Harkness where Begu had served; it bore the inscription Hoc est sepulchrum Begu, the contents were transferred to nearby Whitby where miracles were soon reported.

WTA

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Garbiñe Muguruza

Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡarˈβiɲe muɣuˈɾuθa], Basque pronunciation: [ɡarˈβiɲe muɣuˈɾus̻a]; born 8 October 1993) is a Venezuelan-born Spanish professional tennis player. As of 26 October 2015, she is ranked world no. 3 in singles and no. 20 in doubles by the WTA.

Highlights of Muguruza's career thus far include winning her maiden title at the 2014 Moorilla Hobart International, winning the biggest title of her career at the 2015 China Open and reaching the final of the 2015 Wimbledon Championships. Muguruza has also enjoyed success in doubles, winning five doubles titles and reaching one Grand Slam semi-final at the 2014 French Open, all with her compatriot, Carla Suárez Navarro. Muguruza achieved her career-high singles ranking of world no. 3 and doubles ranking of world no. 10 in October and February 2015 respectively.

Personal life

Muguruza was born to a Basque father, José Antonio Muguruza from Eibar, Gipuzkoa, and a Venezuelan mother, Scarlet Blanco, in Caracas, Venezuela. She began playing tennis at the age of 3, and after moving to Spain with her family in 1999, Muguruza trained at the Bruguera Tennis Academy near Barcelona.

Madrid Open

There are three sporting events known as the Madrid Open: