the doubles event she teamed up with Alberta Brianti. They lost in the first round 1–6, 2–6 to American-Kazakh team and eventual Wimbledon champions, Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova. In the mixed-doubles section, she teamed up with Spaniard David Marrero. At the Paris Indoor Grand Prix, second seeded Alexandra reached her fourth semifinal of the year. She won over Sandra Záhlavová, Anna Chakvetadze and Anastasija Sevastova being defeated in the semifinals by Hungarian Ágnes Szávay in three sets. Following good form, Alexandra was second seeded at Prague Open too. In the first round, she defeated Italian Tathiana Garbin, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2. Soon after the victory she felt pain in her right knee and had to withdraw from the tournament ahead of her second round match with Slovenian Polona Hercog. The injury held her away from tennis for one month. In August 2010, she returned to the courts preparing for the US Open Series. She entered the Cincinnati Masters where she lost in the first round to Alisa Kleybanova. She finally found her game at the US Open where she entered both singles and doubles events. In singles, being the 25th seed she won in the first round over French Julie Coin in straight sets. She then faced in the second round Sofia Arvidsson whom she defeated also in straight sets. Her run came to an end in the third round where she lost to seventh seeded Vera Zvonareva, 2–6, 6–7. In the doubles event, partnering Magdaléna Rybáriková, Alexandra and her partner surprised in the first round third seeded Spanish duo consisting of Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6. In the second round, Alexandra and her partner defeated Edina Gallovits and Klaudia Jans in straight sets. Their run was stopped by 14th seeded Russian duo of Elena Vesnina/Vera Zvonareva who defeated Alexandra and Magdaléna in two sets. At the end of the year, she was ranked No. 29 in the WTA rankings. 2011: High ranked 26th Dulgheru started off the year losing in the first round of both of her first two tournaments in straight sets. Her poor form continued at the Australian Open losing to Ayumi Morita. Then in Miami, Dulgheru had a very good tournament. She won in the second round over Chanelle Scheepers 6–3, 6–2, and in the third round over Johanna Larsson 6–2, 6–1. In the fourth round, she beat Peng Shuai,