Rus failed at Hobart and 2009 Australian Open qualifying. Then she played some qualifying matches on few tournaments, but with no success. On the clay season she found her game and in Marbella she passed through the qualifying rounds, won in the first round, but lost to 3rd seed Kaia Kanepi 7–5, 6–2. A bigger result came at the 2nd Grand Slam of the season 2009 Roland Garros, where she came as world No. 142. She passed through the qualifying rounds, won her 1st round match against Olivia Sanchez 6–1, 6–1 but lost in 2nd round to Yaroslava Shvedova 6–0, 6–2. Then she played a few more tournaments but without much success. Then in the end of the season she won 10 of 11 matches. First at ITF Poitiers she passed through the qualifying rounds, won matches against 3rd seed Alexandra Dulgheru and Severine Beltrame before losing in the quarterfinals to Pauline Parmentier. Then she played at ITF Nantes where she won the title without dropping any set through the tournament. She came through with the victory against Renata Voráčová in the final 6–3, 6–2. She ended the year with a Win/Lost of 37–24.
Rus failed at the qualifying rounds of the 2010 Moorilla Hobart International and the 2010 Australian Open. She played few tournaments but her biggest result was in Marbella when she qualified to the 1st round. Then in Estoril she passed 3 qualifying round, won 2 matches in main draw but lost to Sorana Cîrstea 6–4 6–1. She lost at the US Open qualifying 2nd round to junior 2010 Wimbledon Championships champion Kristýna Plíšková 7–6 6–7 2–6. She played at Koddaert Ladies Open. In 1st round she overcame 8th seed Tathiana Garbin 6–3 6–2 and in the 2nd round, was better than Michaëlla Krajicek 6–1 6–4. She lost in the quarterfinals to No.2 seed Timea Bacsinszky 6–3 6–2. Then she played qualifying at the 2010 BGL Luxembourg Open, but she lost in 1st round to No. 5 seed Sorana Cîrstea 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(6). Later, she played in the Real Tennis Masters Rotterdam final against Michaëlla Krajicek, but lost 6–4, 6–2. She ended the year with a Win/Lost of 33–26.
Rus continued to play good matches from her 2010 tour ending. Her first tournament was in the 2011 Brisbane International where she played through the qualifying rounds. In the 1st round she was better than Isabella Holland winning 6:2 ; 6:2. In the 2nd round she defeated Olivia Rogowska 6:1 ; 6:7(5) ; 6:2, but later lost to Anna Tatishvili 6:2 ; 6:4. Rus next went though the qualifying rounds at the 2011 Medibank International Sydney. In the 1st round she was better than 1999 Wimbledon semi-finalist Mirjana Lučić 6:4 ; 6:2, but in the 2nd round she lost from Bojana Jovanovski 6:2 ; 5:7 ; 7:5.
Then Rus would go on to the 1st Grand Slam of the season -2011 Australian Open- where she had to go through the qualifying rounds, as the no. 18 seed. In the 1st round she was better than Julia Cohen 6:3 ; 6:2. In the 2nd round she again defeated Isabella Holland 6:2 ; 6:3 and in the 3rd qualifying round Rus beat Kurumi Nara 6:4 ; 6:1. In her first Australian Open main draw appearance, she defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6:1 ; 3:6 ; 7:5, but she lost to no. 23 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the second round 6:1 ; 6:4.
Than, she played for the Netherlands Fed Cup Team at Group I of the European/African Zone. She won all of her singles matches against Hungary, Romania and Latvia, helping the Netherlands with three victories. But they lost in the Promotional Play-Off from Switzerland 2:1.
She played at ITF Stockholm where she won doubles title with Anastasia Yakimova (BLR) and she lost the singles final from Kristina Mladenovic 6:4 ; 6:3. She withdrew from WTA Monterrey because of illnes. At BNP Paribas Open she had to play qualifications but lost to Jamie Hampton 6:3 ; 6:7 (5) ; 2:6. Next was ITF tournament - The Bahamas Women's Open. Beating Jill Craybas 6:3 ; 6:4, Kristina Barrois (GER) 7:5 ; 6:2 in the first two rounds. In the quarter-finals she met her doubles partner Anastasia Yakimova and lost 6:3 ; 6:3. Then, she played qualifying matches for 2011 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. In 1st round she defeated Japanese Misaki Doi 6:1 ; 6:2 and Michelle Larcher De Brito 6:4 ; 6:2 in the 2nd qualifying round. In the main draw she lost in the 1st round against Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6:4 ; 6:7 (7) ; 6:4.
Next was the 2011 Andalucia Tennis Experience and in 1st round she faced Dinara Safina losing 6:3 ; 2:6 ; 4:6. She also lost in the 1st round at Fes 6:4 ; 4:6 ; 3:6 from Aravane Rezai. Then she played qualifying matches for Estoril Open beating Anne Kremer in 1st round 6:0 ; 6:1, but losing from Sesil Karatancheva 7:5 ; 4:6 ; 2:6. She played the 1st round at Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open losing from Maria Sharapova 6:2 ; 3:6 ; 2:6.
She continued on the ITF circuit. First at Saint-Gaudens. In the 1st round Rus beat Claire de Gubernatis 6:1 ; 6:1 and in the 2nd round Severine Beltrame 6:3 ; 6:3. In the quarter final she won from former junior No.1 Elina Svitolina 6:4 ; 4:6 ; 6:3, while in the semi-final Rus defeated Valeria Savinykh 7:5 ; 7:5. She lost to Anastasia Pivovarova in the final 7:6 ; 6:7 ; 6:2.
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