Monica Niculescu on Saturday succeeded this year’s first win for Romanian tennis, defeating together with US partner Vania King Seed No. 1, Chinese pair Xu Yi-Fan / Zheng Saisai 6-1, 6-4, in the doubles event of the Shenzhen (China) WTA Open featuring 426,750 US dollars in total prize money.
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For their win Monica Niculescu and Vania King were rewarded with a cheque of 17,724 dollars and 280 WTA points.
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