By Chris Oddo | Sunday July 22, 2018
The 26-year-old is working her back after giving birth to a baby boy in January.
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Romania’s Andreea Mitu joined forces with Irina-Camelia Begu to win an emotional title at the BRD Bucharest Romania on Sunday.
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Just six months after giving birth to her baby boy Adam in January, Mitu took a big step in her comeback by taking the title, 6-3, 6-4, over Danka Kovinic and Maryna Zanesvska.
The former World No.68 (currently 880) has now won three WTA doubles titles. She came to be paired with Begu haphazardly after her original doubles partner Monica Niculescu pulled out due to injury.
“I didn’t dare to ask Irina at first,” Mitu told BRD Tennis Insider online show produced by Treizecizero earlier in the week. “I was reluctant because my ranking was not good enough and I didn’t want to waste her time," Mitu said. But she came to me and now we are a team. I was nervous from the first point on the court – but it was great and I wanted to do well, especially in a WTA tournament and having Irina as a partner."
Mitu, aged 26 and out since last May, returned in early May to play her first challenger. It didn’t go well but she has since reached two finals on the challenger tour, winning a title in Focsani.
In 2015 Mitu reached the second week of Roland Garros and rose to a career-high ranking of 68. “I look forward to taking my son to tournaments, whenever possible,” she said. “I have no time to waste anymore. I feel I can get even better as a player than in the past. I want to get back there and go higher this time."
Sevastova Wins Singles Title
Latvia’s Anastasija Sevastova took the singles title, defeating Crotia's Petra Martic 7-6(4), 6-2, to claim her third career title. The 28-year-old World No.22 claims her third WTA title and erases the bitterness of a 6-0, 6-0 defeat at the hands of Simona Halep in the Bucharest final in 2016.
Martic, seeded fourth, made it tough for Sevastova. She was down a break three times in the opening set and also had to save four break points to hold for 6-5 before winning the first set in a tiebreaker.
With Martic struggling physically, Sevastova cruised in the second set, dropping just five points on serve.
Sevastova finished with 30 winners against 28 unforced errors and broke serve five times on nine opportunities to claim the victory in one hour and 33 minutes.