Sorana Cirstea ousts Magda Linette 3-6 6-4 6-2 in the semifinal in Strasbourg on Friday. Cirstea will have to play Barbora Krejcikova in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 8 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2010. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Sorana Cirstea vs. Magda Linette Internationaux de Strasbourg – Strasbourg
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:08
At the end of the match, Cirstea scored 96 points vs. Linette’s 83.
Cirstea
Sorana won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points after she converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Linette
On the other side, Magda was well focused in converting 75% of the break points that she procured points (3/4). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Cirstea and Linette is 3-1 for Sorana.
Draw and next match H2H: Sorana Cirstea vs. Barbora Krejcikova – stats
Cirstea will come up against Krejcikova in the final.
This will be the 3rd time that Sorana Cirstea and Barbora Krejcikova fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Cirstea and Krejcikova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Cirstea won 7-65 1-6 6-3 in the quarter in W100+H Dubai back in 2020.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Linette snatched in the 4th game (3-1) before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
The Pole was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (2-1 15-40). On the other side, Linette didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 58 points. Magda was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than the Romanian (32-26). Linette dropped 11 points on serve (22-11). on the other side of the net, the Romanian conceded 10 points on serve (15-10).
Cirstea won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (2-3) game, The Romanian broke back 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (3-3) and in the 10th game to win the set 6-4.
The Pole lost the 10th game (6-4) when she had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve.
Cirstea converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 40-A), the 6th (2-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (4-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Linette converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 0-40 and 15-40).
They contested 72 points. Sorana won 6 points more than Magda (39-33). The Romanian dropped 10 points on serve (15-10). In addition, on the other side, the Pole conceded 24 points on serve (23-24).
Cirstea in this set was much more effective than Magda and without too much struggle she won 6-2 after breaking the Pole 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The Pole was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
They played 49 points. Cirstea won 15 more points than the Pole (32-17). The Romanian lost 5 points on serve (16-5). On the losing side, Magda conceded 16 points on serve (12-16).
Tennis Scores in Strasbourg
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Magda LinetteLinette (3-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Jule NiemeierNiemeier (5-7 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (0-1) – H2H details and stats
