Iga Swiatek trashes Sorana Cirstea 6-1 6-1 in the 3rd round in Madrid on Saturday after playing a marvellous match to fight against Sara Sorribes Tormo in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 18 minutes. Her best achievement in this competition was reaching the final in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Iga added to her prize money € 36,775 after conquering this match. She has already won € 88,440 after this win. If she wins the next match, Swiatek will add € 73,515 to her earnings to get in total € 161,955 in total.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Sorana Cirstea Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Pole scored 61 points vs. Sorana’s 37.
Swiatek
Swiatek won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points since she converted only 43% (6/14) of the procured opportunities.
Cirstea
On the other side, Cirstea didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (1/2). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this encounter, the head to head between Swiatek and Cirstea is 4-0 for Iga.
Draw and next match H2H: Iga Swiatek vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo – stats
Swiatek will face Sorribes Tormo in the 4th round.
This will be the 4th time that Iga Swiatek and Sara Sorribes Tormo fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Swiatek won 6-2 6-1 in the R in Australia back in January 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Swiatek was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Sorana Cirstea in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. However, there was more work to do for the Pole to win the set since Cirstea found the way to break back in the 6th (1-5) game. Iga maintained her cool to break the Romanian in the 7th (6-1) game.
The Pole failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 0.
An important stage of this set was when Swiatek won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
Swiatek converted 36% of her break points (4/11). She had 11 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (4-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Cirstea converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 6th game (0-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 57 points. Swiatek was the one to win the set after conquering 15 points more than Sorana (36-21). Swiatek lost 7 points on serve (14-7). on the other side of the net, the Romanian conceded 22 points on serve (14-22).
Swiatek won the set after she broke Sorana in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.
Sorana was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The Pole converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Swiatek didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 41 points. Iga won 9 more points than Sorana (25-16). Iga dropped 8 points on serve (16-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Cirstea conceded 9 points on serve (8-9).
Tennis Scores in Madrid
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-1 6-1)
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (7-6(0) 6-3)
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