Cirstea

Sorana Cirstea, 32 and ranked 74th in the world, had never faced Aryna Sabalenka, this year's Australian Open champion and the second seed at the Miami Open ...

I'll try to come out tomorrow with the same performance." "I was always dangerous. Cirstea entered March with none of the confidence we saw from her today. Sabalenka’s returning was another culprit. Though Cirstea had never returned Sabalenka’s sometimes-lethal serve before, she quickly found a groove that quickly frustrated the red-hot Belarusian. Miami, USA

Romania's Sorana Cirstea stuns world number two Aryna Sabalenka to earn the biggest win of her career and reach the Miami Open semi-finals.

Speaking in her on-court interview, the world number 74 added: "I came out knowing it would be a really tough match. Only Kazakh Rybakina, with 12, has won more WTA 1000 main-draw matches in 2023 than Cirstea. Cirstea, the only unseeded player to make the last eight of the women's draw, is yet to drop a set in a five-match streak in Miami which has also seen her eliminate world number four Caroline Garcia.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — (AP) — Sorana Cirstea advanced to her first semifinal of a WTA 1000 event in a decade, beating Australian Open champion Aryna ...

“I guess people like to keep count of the age, the years, the results, but I never do that. I'm going to take it day by day, and I am optimistic that with the right work, rehab, and preparation, I'll be back on court soon,” the 2019 U.S. The Kvitova-Alexandrova match had been scheduled for Wednesday night but was postponed to Thursday because of rain; also postponed was the men's match between top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz and No. On Wednesday, the 22-year-old Andreescu The 74th-ranked Romanian, who has two career singles titles, will face either Petra Kvitova and Ekaterina Alexandrova in the semifinals. “I came out knowing that it’s going to be a really tough match.

Aryna Sabalenka flung open her court-side refrigerator and covered her face with an ice bag, as she struggled to overcome heat, in addition to quarterfinal ...

7 Elena Rybakina of Kazakstan in the other women's semifinal. She broke Sabalenka's serve in the next game and held in the eighth to earn a 5-3 edge. She started the Miami Open with a first-round win over Fernanda Contreras Gomez of Mexico. "I think these results show the work I've put in, because in the last couple of months I've worked really hard," Cirstea said at her post-match news conference. The 2023 Australian Open champion broke Cirstea's serve in the fourth game of the set as part of a run to win three-consecutive games. Cirstea hasn't played in a final -- at the WTA's premier level -- since 2013, when she lost to That run in Indian Wells, Calif., included an upset of No. That streak includes victories in three of her last four matches against Top 5 players. Sabalenka used her powerful serve to rally early in the second set. 2 player in the world, was not only permeated by the sun, but also frustration. And the Belarusian bellowed at the chair umpire following her frequent errant serves and returns. 12 Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic in the Miami Open semifinals.

World number two Aryna Sabalenka suffered a shock straight sets Miami Open quarter-final loss to resurgent Romanian Sorana Cirstea, who reached her first ...

I was struggling a lot with the conditions, like heat. "I had confidence in my game. "I am a bit speechless," she said.

Sorana Cirstea said she is feeling the best she has in years and is brimming with confidence after stunning world number two Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 6-4 at the ...

"So I definitely started very well. "So of course I wish I was 20 and have these results, but at the same time I'm very proud of my mindset, I'm very proud of my work ethic, I'm very proud of my discipline, and also my belief, because I always believed that my game can do damage." Register for free to Reuters and know the full story

Sorana Cirstea is racking up big wins and climbing the rankings with the help of new coach Thomas Johansson.

I’m in a good place in my life also personally. “Now I feel I can have a good [plan] B instead, in case [Plan] A is not there that day. “I’m very fit, I’m playing well, I think probably I’m playing the best tennis of my life. “It’s been plenty of work, on the court and off the court, and there were a few months there, Australia and in the Middle East, where results were not really coming. Power and aggression have always been the Romanian’s calling card, but at the age of 32 she is diversifying into tactical nuance. It has been a meteoric resurgence for the former world No 21, and she credits much of her rise to a blossoming relationship with coach Thomas Johansson.

Flanked by new coach Thomas Johansson, the former No. 21 has reached back-to-back quarterfinals in Indian Wells and Miami, with her best perhaps yet to ...

“I have the confidence in how I can play, and every time I step on the court I try to give my best. “There are a lot of great girls that I look up to, even ones who are younger than me… They’ve definitely been taking tennis to a different level this year. “I have done anything other than the hotel and site!” she exclaimed with sheepish pride. “It’s very nice because he’s been at that level and even bigger. Since retiring, Johansson has worked with the likes of Maria Sakkari and David Goffin before taking on the Romanian over the off-season. “And of course, that gives you confidence. From peaking just shy of the Top 20 in 2013, injuries took her down to No. Cirstea attracted her earliest converts in the late 2000s when she burst onto the scene alongside contemporaries like Petra Kvitova and Caroline Wozniacki. She’s spent the last few seasons bouncing around between No. I think throughout my career I’ve shown that what I lacked a bit was my consistency, but I think that belief was always in my game.” Miami, USA

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — (AP) — Sorana Cirstea advanced to her first semifinal of a WTA 1000 event in a decade, beating Australian Open champion Aryna ...

“I guess people like to keep count of the age, the years, the results, but I never do that. I'm going to take it day by day, and I am optimistic that with the right work, rehab, and preparation, I'll be back on court soon,” the 2019 U.S. The Kvitova-Alexandrova match had been scheduled for Wednesday night but was postponed to Thursday because of rain; also postponed was the men's match between top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz and No. On Wednesday, the 22-year-old Andreescu The 74th-ranked Romanian, who has two career singles titles, will face either Petra Kvitova and Ekaterina Alexandrova in the semifinals. “I came out knowing that it’s going to be a really tough match.

Unseeded and unsung Sorana Cirstea notched perhaps the biggest victory of her career on Wednesday when she upset second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 6-4 to…

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By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday, March 29, 2023. MIAMI—A nagging shoulder injury stifled Sorana Cirstea's serve last season.

It hasn't worked that much, so then we said, okay, let's try to improve the placement." Once that shoulder started to feel a little bit better, we started working on the serve. But we worked a lot, because I always felt that my serve is below my game." "So we have been trying to improve a little bit the speed. "Of course we have been working a lot on that, and that was also on my mind, because as soon as I got the shoulder stronger, I said, Okay, we have to make my serve a weapon, because there is no way why my serve cannot be a weapon with my height," Cirstea said. "I had two months of rehab.

It will also feature either two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova or No.18 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova, a quarterfinal match that was postponed Wednesday ...

In her first match toward winning the Guadalajara WTA 1000 last fall, Pegula faced three match points before closing out Rybakina in a tiebreak. “I don’t mind playing her, at least in the past,” said Pegula, who was forced to save two match points in the last round against Potapova. [Order of play](https://www.wtatennis.com/tournament/902/miami/2023/order-of-play) As always, the 23-year-old who represents Kazakhstan will rely on her serve. She’s the first player to reach her first two WTA 1000 semifinals in back-to-back tournaments since Sofia Kenin (Toronto and Cincinnati 2019). Rybakina (20-4) is looking for her 13th consecutive match-win. Pegula waited through a nearly four-hour rain delay Tuesday night before saving two match points and winning a third-set tiebreak in her quarterfinal match, which ended past 1 a.m. Rybakina, who plays her 11th match in 21 days, is trying to become only the fifth woman to win in Indian Wells and Miami back to back. “Just the humidity was taking so much out of me. Cirstea won that match against Li Na before falling to Serena Williams in the final. The first occurred nearly a decade ago in Toronto. As a 14-year-old, she appeared in her first ITF event, in Bucharest -- a few months after Coco Gauff was born.

Sorana Cirstea won against Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday and will play the winner of the match between Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, ...

Sabalenka, ranked No 2, beat American Shelby Rogers (6-4, 6-3), Czech Marie Bouzkova, the No 31 seed (6-1, 6-2) and Czech Barbora Krejcikova, the No 16 seed (6-3, 6-2) in the previous rounds of the Miami tournament. Cirstea, ranked No 74, will play the winner of the match between Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 18 seed, and Czech Petra Kvitova, the No 15 seed, next. Sorana Cirstea won against Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday and will play the winner of the match between Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 18 seed, and Czech Petra Kvitova, the No 15 seed, in the next round

Sorana Cirstea advanced to her first semifinal of a WTA 1000 event in a decade, beating Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 6-4 at the Miami Open ...

“I guess people like to keep count of the age, the years, the results, but I never do that. I'm going to take it day by day, and I am optimistic that with the right work, rehab, and preparation, I'll be back on court soon,” the 2019 U.S. On Wednesday, the 22-year-old Andreescu tweeted that she tore two ligaments in her ankle and will be out indefinitely.

In a surprising turn of events, Sorana Cirstea defeated Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets in the quarter-finals of the Miami Open.

Following the victory, Cirstea admitted to being surprised by the result and praised Sabalenka’s recent performances. Despite Sabalenka’s attempts to come back, Cirstea broke her opponent’s serve again and eventually clinched the match with an ace down the middle. The win secured Cirstea’s first WTA 1000 semi-final in a decade, and the Romanian player credits her recent upturn in form to her coach, Thomas Johansson.

Sorana Cirstea advanced to her first semifinal of a WTA 1000 event in a decade, beating Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 6-4 at the Miami Open ...

“I guess people like to keep count of the age, the years, the results, but I never do that. I'm going to take it day by day, and I am optimistic that with the right work, rehab, and preparation, I'll be back on court soon,” the 2019 U.S. The Kvitova-Alexandrova match had been scheduled for Wednesday night but was postponed to Thursday because of rain; also postponed was the men's match between top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz and No.