Sorana Cirstea breezes past Robin Montgomery 6-1 6-4 in the qualifications in New York on Thursday after playing a remarkable match to deal with Anna Kalinskaya in the next round.
Score, report, and key facts
The Romanian was too good to concede just 1 game before breaking Robin 2 times and win the set 6-1.
The American lost the 6th game (5-1) when she had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve. The American was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Cirstea was spot on in converting all her break points in the 3rd (2-1 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A). On the other side, Cirstea didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 46 points. The Romanian conquered the set after winning 14 points more than the American (30-16). Sorana conceded 7 points on serve (18-7). On the other side, Robin conceded 12 points on serve (9-12).
Cirstea started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Montgomery in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, there was more to do for Cirstea to win the set as Robin managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 6th (3-3) game. Cirstea kept her focus to break the American in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Sorana converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (2-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). In addition on the other side, Montgomery converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40), the 6th (2-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A).
They played 77 points. The Romanian was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Robin (41-36). Cirstea conceded 18 points on serve (22-18). on the other side of the net, Montgomery conceded 19 points on serve (18-19).
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, Cirstea scored 71 points vs. Montgomery’s 53.
The Romanian was pretty focused in converting 63% of the break points that she conquered (5/8). On the other side, the American was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (2/4). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Cirstea and Montgomery is 1-0 for Sorana.
Draw and next match H2H: Sorana Cirstea vs. Anna Kalinskaya – stats
Cirstea will fight against Kalinskaya in the next round.
There is no head to head record between Sorana Cirstea and Anna Kalinskaya since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
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