TASHKENT. Sorana Cirstea topples Kovinic in the quarter

Sorana Cirstea conquers Danka Kovinic 7-5 5-7 6-1 in the quarter in Tashkent on Thursday. Cirstea will play Katarina Zavatska in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Sorana won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 7^th (4-3) game. The Romanian broke back 3 times in the 4^th (2-2), in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 12^th (7-5) game before winning the set 7-5.

2^nd set.

The won the set after she broke Cirstea 3 times in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 7^th (5-2) and in the 11^th (6-5) game. Sorana tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8^th (5-3) and in the 10^th (5-5) game. Nonetheless, Danka kept the focus before winning the set 7-5.

Danka failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.

3^rd set.

Cirstea conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Kovinic in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. The Romanian extended her lead after breaking Danka in the 6^th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Romanian scored 109 points vs. Kovinic’s 98 points.

The Romanian didn’t lose the focus when converting 54% of the break points that she procured (7/13). On the other side, Danka was pretty effective in converting 56% of the break points that she conquered points (5/9). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this contest, the head to head between Cirstea and Kovinic is 3-0 for Sorana.

Next Match: Sorana Cirstea vs. Katarina Zavatska – stats

Cirstea will compete against Zavatska in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Sorana Cirstea and Katarina Zavatska since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Tashkent

• Katarina ZavatskaZavatska – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Danka KovinicKovinic (7-5 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
• Kristyna PliskovaPliskova – Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Pauline ParmentierParmentier (6-2 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Kristyna PliskovaPliskova – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (0-0) – See H2H details
• Katarina ZavatskaZavatska – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (0-0) – See H2H details