Sorana Cirstea shocks Polona Hercog 7-5 4-6 7-5 in the semifinal in the W100+H Dubai on Friday. Cirstea will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Katerina Siniakova in the final.
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Cirstea won the set after she broke Polona in the 6th (4-2) and in the 12th (7-5) game. The Slovenian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Nevertheless, Cirstea refused to give way to conquer the set 7-5.
Cirstea converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Slovenian converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 9th (3-5 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 82 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Sorana won just 2 points more than Polona (42-40). Sorana lost 18 points on serve (27-18). on the other side of the court, the Slovenian conceded 15 points on serve (22-15).
The Slovenian won the set after she broke Sorana in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Cirstea tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Yet, the Slovenian stayed solid to conquer the set 6-4.
Sorana lost the 7th game (4-3) when she had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0.
The Slovenian converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Sorana converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 6th (2-3 15-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They played 66 points. Hercog was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Cirstea (35-31). Hercog lost 10 points on serve (18-10). Regarding the other side of the net, the Romanian conceded 17 points on serve (21-17).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Cirstea conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
Cirstea was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Slovenian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 40-A).
They contested 72 points. Sorana won 6 more points than Hercog (39-33). Sorana conceded 9 points on serve (26-9). In addition, on the other side, Polona conceded 13 points on serve (24-13).
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:27
At the end of the match, Sorana scored 112 points vs. Hercog’s 107.
Cirstea was effective when converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (4/6). On the other side, Hercog was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 33% – 3/9). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Cirstea and Hercog is 1-0 for Sorana.
Draw and next match H2H: Sorana Cirstea vs. Katerina Siniakova – stats
Cirstea will face Siniakova in the final.
This will be the 4th time that Sorana Cirstea and Katerina Siniakova play each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Cirstea (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Cirstea won 7-5 6-2 in the 1st round in New York back in 2019.
Tennis Scores in W100+H Dubai
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (6-3 6-72 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Polona HercogHercog (7-5 4-6 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (0-3) – H2H details and stats
