[Sport] The dominant Sorana Cirstea is unstoppable: she qualified for the eighth round at Roland Garros for the first time since 2009! Who will he play with in the next match and how much money will he receive?

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Sorana Cirstea qualified for the second time in the eighth round of Roland Garros, after 6-3, 6-2 with Daria Kasatkina (37 WTA).

Sorana Cirstea - Daria Kasatkina 6-3, 6-2

Sorana Cirstea is a certainty at the 2021 edition of the Roland Garros tournament. At the age of 31, the Romanian sportswoman (54 WTA) is going through the best season of her career, recording the best results on clay. Cirstea crowns an admirable slag season, starting with the title in Istanbul and continuing with the final played in Strasbourg through this historic qualification in the eighth Roland Garros. For the first time after an 11-year break, Cirstea will play in the second week of the competition in Paris!

For this performance, Cirstea will receive a check worth 170,000 euros, but also 180 WTA points. In the WTA LIVE ranking, Cirstea currently climbs to 44th place in the world!

In 2009, Sorana managed to pass the round of 16, and equaling that success seems feasible, given that she will play in the round of 16 against Tamara Zidansek from Slovenia (23 years old, 85 WTA), who defeated her in round 3 on Katerina Siniakova (25 years old, 68 WTA), score 0-6, 7-6, 6-2.
Against Daria Kasatkina, Cirstea played an admirably brave tennis, forcing the direct winning shots on any occasion and counteracting with the strength and precision of her own shots the tactical variety that the Russian showed herself capable of. Moreover, Sorana was constant at work, unlike the match from the previous round, with Martina Trevisan and punished Kasatkina on every occasion, often returning directly as the winner.

Final statistics of the match: duration of the match: 84 minutes, total points won 65-54, direct wins 31-17, unforced errors 20-15, percentage of first service on the field 74-67, percentage of points won on first serve 62-67 , the percentage of points earned on return 52-43.

Set 2:

6-2: GAME, SET & MATCH, SORANA CIRSTEA! The Romanian athlete qualified for the second time in the eighth finals at Roland Garros. Sorana's first qualification in round 4 in Paris took place at the 2009 edition.

5-2: Double break, Sorana Cirstea! The Romanian will serve to win the match, at the restart.

4-2: Sorana's backhand continues to be magical in this second set. A new decisive winner through which Cirstea puts another game on the scoreboard.

3-2: Game won at zero by Daria Kasatkina, who does not give up the fight.

3-1: Cirstea closes the game on his own service with a long line backhand that landed just before the line. Fabulous, risky game, denoting the great offensive appetite of romance.
2-1: What returns is Sorana capable of! The Romanian sends the winner directly as a reply to the two services of the Russian woman and is again in the lead with a break.

1-1: Kasatkina immediately recovers the break back, leaving only one point to Sorana Cirstea in this game.

1-0: Break, Sorana! Cirstea reaches impeccably a short message from Kasatkina and takes advantage of the third break chance in this game.

Set 1:

6-3: GAME & SET, Sorana Cirstea! The Romanian missed four set balls, of which three, in this game, but she played without emotions the big points of this first set, which she ended with 20 directly winning shots!
5-3: Sorana Cirstea gets her first set ball, but misses it, climbing late to the net and not effectively covering the net area. Kasatkina makes in extensions the hold that keeps her in this first set.

5-2: A game worked hard by Sorana Cirstea, which imposes itself in overtime and approaches a game of winning the first set. 15 direct winning shots already hit by the Romanian athlete in this match.

4-2: Delightful game played by Sorana, who returns directly winner with the lapel to regain the advantage of the break. Amidrable, the Romanian woman's courage to take risks and hit hard on most occasions.

3-2: Sorana Cirstea records the first game in which she served modestly, and the Russian takes advantage and makes a break at 15.

3-1: Daria Kasatkina passes over two nightmare points, in which Sorana Cirstea greedily exploited the services of two sent short by the Russian, returning directly the winner; number 37 WTA returns and serves ace at 40-30 to approach his first game in this duel.

3-0: The match stopped at 30-40 after the fall of Sorana Cirstea, who came back from the medical time fearless and saved the break ball, after which she took into account two more consecutive points to distance herself considerably in this first set.

Great moment of fear for Sorana Cirstea, who stumbled due to the wet slag and fell, complaining of pain in her right ankle. The Romanian requested a medical time-out and asked to bandage the affected area.
2-0: Break, Sorana! Extraordinary duel start for the Romanian athlete, who turns the second break chance into a double advantage on the table.

1-0: Cirstea saves three break points and takes into account the first game of the game.

 

Sorana insisted very well with the forehand in the cross, forcing the opponent's errors.

Friday, June 4 may be exceptional in the recent history of Romanian tennis. Sorana Cirstea and Ana Bogdan will play for the qualification in the second week of competition at Roland Garros.

Ana Bogdan and Sorana Cirstea have the chance to secure a check worth 170,000 euros in case of qualifying for the round of 16 of the Paris competition. In addition, an access in round 4 would bring 180 WTA points.

Sorana Cirstea Vs. Daria Kasatkina (0-1 H2H), field 14

The first player to enter the fire of the 3rd round challenge will be Sorana Cirstea, who duels with Daria Kasatkina (24 years old, 37 WTA) in the second match scheduled on field 14. The match Cirstea vs. Kasatkina will start immediately after the meeting on the men's table between Casper Ruud and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.

Daria Kasatkina and Sorana Cirstea met only once in an official match; it happens in the second round in Madrid, in the 2018 edition, when the Russian won in a minimum of sets, score 6-3, 6-1.

To reach the 3rd round in Paris, Kasatkina defeated Misaki Doi (79 WTA), score 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 and Belinda Bencic (11 WTA), with a double 6-2. The former number 10 WTA has 4 WTA titles in his record, and two of them have been won this season.

On the close side of the net, Sorana Cirstea eliminated in the first round the world number 20, Johanna Konta, score 7-5, 6-2, after which she emerged victorious from an extremely balanced duel with Martina Trevisan (97 WTA), score 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.

A success on Sorana Cirstea's account would represent the second qualification in the eighth round at Roland Garros. The last time Cirstea reached this competitive phase happens in 2009, an edition in which the Romanian took an extra step and ended up eliminated only in the quarterfinals.

 

Ana Bogdan vs. Paula Badosa (1-0 H2H), after 18:00, Simonne-Mathieu field

Late on Friday evening, Ana Bogdan will try to consolidate the advantage of the score of the direct matches with Paula Badosa (23 years old, 35 WTA). The two also met in the 25k tournament in Sao Paulo in 2016, when the Romanian won, 6-4, 6-3.

Paula Badosa, 1.80 meters tall, came to Paris from the position of champion of the WTA 250 tournament in Belgrade and is going through the best period of her career so far, confirmed by the qualification in round 3 without a lost set. Badosa defeated Lauren Davis (86 WTA), 6-2, 7-6, respectively Danka Kovinic (62 WTA), 6-2, 6-0.

Curiously, Ana Bogdan played only one match to access the third competitive round. On the first day of the tournament, Bogdan sent home the Italian player who was Romania's nightmare in the Fed Cup dam - Elisabetta Cocciaretto, after a match ended 6-1, 6-3 after only 65 minutes of play.

In round 2, the player born in Sinaia benefited from the withdrawal of the Japanese Naomi Osaka from the competition, amid the tensions created around the subject of the obligation to participate in press conferences.

A victory for Ana Bogdan in this match would mean the best result made in her career at a grand slam tournament.

Ana Bogdan and Paula Badosa will enter the field as soon as the duel between Pablo Carreno Busta and Steve Johnson will end. Both matches of the Romanians from round 3 at Roland Garros 2021 will be broadcast live text on www.sport.ro.