Irina-Camelia Begu and Ekaterina Alexandrova had a fierce battle in Paris on Thursday when something uncharacteristic happened. When the Romanian player was losing 0-2 in the deciding set, she bounced her racket in the stands, almost hitting a young girl that ended up crying. The supervisor was called, but she escaped default. Eventually, Begu ended up winning that match but no one was impressed, her opponent included.
Irina-Camelia Begu just bounced her racket into the crowd, supervisor has been called. pic.twitter.com/EiIBNDAH2I
— Damian Kust (@damiankust) May 26, 2022
Begu at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2022
Now ranked no.63, the Romanian owns an overall 14-10 match record in 2022. Begu is currently playing at the French Open where she overcame Jasmine Paolini 4-6 6-1 7-65 and Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-73 6-3 6-4.
Irina-Camelia Begu will come up against the world no.227 Leolia Jeanjean in the 3rd round. In the past, they have never played each other so far on the main tour.
Begu won 4 titles in her career: 3 on hard courts and 1 on clay courts. (See the list of her titles)
Ekaterina Alexandrova in 2022
Currently ranked no.31, Alexandrova played her last match on the 26th of May when she surrendered to world no.63 Irina-Camelia Begu 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in French Open (draw).
At the moment, during this season the Russian has a compiled 17-11 record. Ekaterina Alexandrova’s most significant performance of this year was getting to the semifinal in Charleston and Madrid.
Irina-Camelia Begu and Ekaterina Alexandrova played each other 4 times. Their current record is 4-0 for Begu. Previously, the last time they played, Irina-Camelia Begu won 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Paris (French Open) on the 26th of May 2022.
