Sorana Cirstea topples Julia Grabher 7-5 6-1 in the quarter in Istanbul on Friday. Cirstea is going to play against Veronika Kudermetova in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 18 minutes. The Romanian won this tournament once in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.
Cirstea added to her prize money $ 4,300 after winning this match. She has won already $ 10,100 until now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, Sorana will add $ 7,937 to her earnings to get in total $ 18,037.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, the Romanian scored 69 points vs. Grabher’s 51.
Cirstea
Sorana was remarkable in converting all the break points (6/6).
Grabher
On the other side, Grabher was well focused in converting 75% of the break points that she conquered points (3/4). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this contest, the head to head between Cirstea and Grabher is 2-0 for Sorana.
Draw and next match H2H: Sorana Cirstea vs. Veronika Kudermetova – stats
Cirstea will come up against Kudermetova in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Sorana Cirstea and Veronika Kudermetova square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Cirstea (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Cirstea won 7-65 3-6 6-0 in the 1st round in New York back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Cirstea conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Julia Grabher in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Sorana succeeded in coming back to break Julia 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 10th (5-5) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Julia couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-5 to 7-5.
Cirstea was flawless in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 15-40), the 10th (4-5 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, the Austrian converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 76 points. The Romanian was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Julia (40-36). The Romanian surrendered 17 points on serve (23-17). on the other side of the net, Julia conceded 17 points on serve (19-17).
Cirstea had a great start in this set after breaking Julia Grabher in the 2nd game (2-0). However, that was not enough for the Romanian to win the set because Grabher succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Cirstea kept her focus to break Grabher in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Julia was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-1 to 6-1.
Sorana was spot on in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 0-40). On the other side, Grabher was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (0-2 40-A).
They played 49 points. The Romanian conquered the set after winning 13 more points than Grabher (31-18). Cirstea lost 13 points on serve (18-13). on the other side of the net, the Austrian conceded 13 points on serve (5-13).
Tennis Scores in Istanbul
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (5-7 6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Anna BondarBondar (7-69 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Julia GrabherGrabher (7-5 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (0-1) – H2H details and stats
