Mihaela, aged 29, currently occupies 43th place in the WTA circuit of the simple test, this being the highest place in her career.
Season 2017 was one of Mihaela’s “renaissance”, which at the end of the tournament managed incredible performance, reaching the semifinals of the Linz tournament, disputing the final of the Tokyo tournament, while in the Toyota ITF tournament even managed impose.
The debut of the 2018 season was equally consistent, Mihaela arriving in the final of the Hobart tournament, while Melbourne was defeated in the first round by the winner of the trophy, Danish Caroline Wozniacki.
In the first round of the Doha tournament, Mihaela Buzarnescu managed to come back from 1-5 in the first set and impose in 2 sets against Ursian
Lesya Tsurenko.
Jelena Ostapenko
The 20-year-old Latvia player now occupies the 6th place in the WTA circuit of the simple test.
Roland Garros’s “en-titre” champion seems to have emerged from the incredible form of the Parisian tournament where his game was extremely high.
The start of the current season did not bring any notable results for no. 6 World Cup, being eliminated in the 3rd round of the Australian Open tournament.

Direct meetings
The match of the Doha tournament will be the first direct encounter between the two players, the two not having the chance to meet the WTA circuit so far.

Predator Mihaela Buzarnescu – Jelena Ostapenko
The match announces a balanced one between the two players, with an aggressive play on both sides of the net.
Mihaela Buzarnescu has an unbeatable chance in this game, his game being a varied one behind the pitch, and this will create many problems for the player in Latvia, which is a more linear game.
The prognosis of this game is a balanced match between the two players, in which Mihaela Buzarnescu will have an important chance of winning, if he will apply an important variation of the balls, which will make many mistakes from Ostapenko.

Prediction: Mihaela Buzarnescu win @ 1.57