Sorana Cirstea stuns Caroline Garcia 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in Miami on Friday after playing a solid match to come up against Karolina Muchova in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the 4th round in 2013. Here you can see her history at this event.
Cirstea added to her prize money $ 24,885 after winning this match. She has already won $ 55,770 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Romanian will add $ 41,185 to her earnings to get in total $ 96,955 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Cirstea scored 63 points vs. Garcia’s 50.
Cirstea
Sorana was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that she procured (4/8).
Garcia
On the other side, Caroline was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 13% – 1/8). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Cirstea and Garcia is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Sorana Cirstea vs. Karolina Muchova – stats
Cirstea will take on Muchova in the 3rd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Sorana Cirstea and Karolina Muchova fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Muchova (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Muchova won 6-4 7-64 in the 2nd round in Dubai back in February 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Cirstea came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Caroline Garcia in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Anyhow, there was more work to do for the Romanian to win the set as the French player found the way to break back in the 7th (2-5) game. Sorana kept her cool to break Garcia in the 8th (6-2) game.
Sorana failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.
A crucial moment of this set was when the Romanian won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to convert the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
Cirstea was spot on in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 4th (3-0 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, Garcia converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (0-4 30-40) and the 7th game (1-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 59 points. Sorana was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than Caroline (35-24). Sorana surrendered 14 points on serve (21-14). on the other side of the net, Caroline conceded 14 points on serve (10-14).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Cirstea clinched in the 8th game (5-3) before eventually winning the set (6-3).
The Romanian missed the chance to break the French player in the 6th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Cirstea converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Garcia was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 54 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Sorana won just 2 points more than Garcia (28-26). The Romanian lost 8 points on serve (17-8). on the other side of the net, Caroline conceded 11 points on serve (18-11).
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