Sorana Cirstea stuns Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Miami on Wednesday. Cirstea will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Ekaterina Alexandrova or Petra Kvitova in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This will be her best result in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do was reach the 4th round in 2013. Here you can see her history at this event.
Sorana added to her prize money $ 168,170 after winning this match. She has already won $ 352,635 until now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, the Romanian will add $ 309,725 to her earnings to get in total $ 662,360.
Highlights Sorana Cirstea vs. Aryna Sabalenka Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:25
At the end of the match, the Romanian scored 60 points vs. the Belarussian’s 52.
Cirstea
Sorana served pretty well to win 85% of the points (23/27) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 46% points (13/28) on her second serve. The Romanian was sharp when converting 57% of the break points that she conquered (4/7).
Sabalenka
On the other side, the Belarussian wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Cirstea and Sabalenka is 1-0 for Sorana.
Draw and next match H2H: Sorana Cirstea vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova or Petra Kvitova – stats
Cirstea will come up against either Ekaterina Alexandrova or Petra Kvitova in the semifinal. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova and 4-6 vs. Petra Kvitova.
Live score progression and stats
Cirstea conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Aryna Sabalenka in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for Cirstea to win the set because Aryna managed to break back in the 8th (4-4) game. Sorana kept her focus to break the Belarussian in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Sorana converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 9th (4-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (6-3 30-40). On the other side, Aryna was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (3-4 15-40).
They contested 59 points. Cirstea was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than the Belarussian (32-27). The Romanian dropped 8 points on serve (17-8). In addition, on the other side, Aryna conceded 15 points on serve (19-15).
Cirstea got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Aryna Sabalenka in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, Sorana managed to stage a good comeback to break Sabalenka in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).
Cirstea was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, the Belarussian converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 53 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Cirstea won just 3 more points than Sabalenka (28-25). Sorana surrendered 11 points on serve (19-11). on the other side of the net, Aryna conceded 9 points on serve (14-9).
Tennis Scores in Miami
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (4-6 6-3 7-62) – Stats and score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-3 6-0) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Petra KvitovaKvitova (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-2) – H2H details and stats
