When we thought have seen it all this month, we are surprised again. This Australian summer has been quite unusual with the players enduring a 14 days’ quarantine before playing various warm-up events right before the Australian Open. The result was rather strange, with many players retiring and the WTA changing the scoring system midway during the tournaments, introducing a match-tiebreak in the 3rd set. Things got even stranger after the WTA announced that the Grampians Trophy’s final will not be played and the finalists will share the points and prize money.
Sorana Cirstea and her coach
To add a big more quirk to the all situation, during her match against Ann Li, the Romanian ace asked the umpire to give a warning to her own coach because he was talking too much! The umpire replied that she would get the warning in that case. Sorana lost that match in straight sets. Things might be heated in Sorana’s team after the match.
I have never seen a player request that their own coach get a warning. 😆😆😆 pic.twitter.com/iQ7GltdAtY
— Philip T Boosey (@PhilipTBoosey) February 6, 2021
Sorana Cirstea in 2021
At the moment ranked no.72, Cirstea played her last match on the 6th of February when she lost to Ann Li 6-3 6-1 in the quarter in Melbourne (draw).
During this season the Romanian achieved an overall 2-1 win-loss record.
