Sorana Cirstea upsets Caroline Garcia 6-4 4-6 7-5 in the 4th round in Indian Wells on Tuesday. Cirstea will face Iga Swiatek in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 23 minutes. This will be her best result in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do was reach the 4th round in 2022. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Sorana added to her prize money $ 87,510 after winning this match. She has already won $ 184,465 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Romanian will add $ 168,170 to her earnings to get in total $ 352,635 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Sorana scored 103 points vs. Garcia’s 93.
Cirstea
Cirstea was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured (6/12).
Garcia
On the other side, the French player was well focused in converting 56% of the break points that she procured points (5/9). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Cirstea and Garcia is 1-2 for Caroline.
Draw and next match H2H: Sorana Cirstea vs. Iga Swiatek – stats
Cirstea will play Swiatek in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Sorana Cirstea and Iga Swiatek fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Swiatek won 5-7 6-3 6-3 in the 4th round in Melbourne back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Cirstea was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Caroline Garcia in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for the Romanian to win the set because Caroline found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Sorana maintained her cool to break the French player in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).
The Romanian converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 6th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Caroline was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (0-1 40-A).
They contested 61 points. Cirstea won 5 points more than the French player (33-28). Sorana dropped 10 points on serve (19-10). on the other side of the court, Caroline conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).
Garcia conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 5th (2-3) game, The French player broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th game to conquer the set 6-4.
Caroline failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
The Romanian lost the 8th game (4-4) when she had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0. Cirstea was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-4 to 6-4.
Garcia was spot on in converting all her break points in the 8th (3-4 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). Also, on the other side, Cirstea was on the money in converting all her break points in the 5th (2-2 15-40), the 9th (4-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (3-6 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 76 points. This set was so close that, The French player won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Caroline lost 17 points on serve (20-17). on the other side of the court, Sorana conceded 18 points on serve (21-18).
Cirstea conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Caroline Garcia in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, that was not enough for the Romanian to win the set because Caroline found the way to break back in the 4th (1-3) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Sorana kept her focus to break the French player in the 11th (6-5) game before conquering the set (7-5).
The Romanian converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the French player converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 4th (0-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-4 30-40).
They played 59 points. Sorana won 5 more points than Caroline (32-27). Sorana dropped 11 points on serve (21-11). Regarding the other side of the net, the French player conceded 11 points on serve (16-11).
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- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (6-3 6-0) – Stats and score progression
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- Cori GauffGauff – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (3-1) – H2H details and stats