Sorana Cirstea overcomes Volynets in the 1st round to set up a clash vs Ostapenko at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia – ROME RESULTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Cirstea ousts Volynets to come up against Jelena Ostapenko in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Sorana Cirstea vs. Katie Volynets

Sorana Cirstea gets the better of Katie Volynets 2-6 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Rome on Wednesday. Cirstea will have to play Jelena Ostapenko in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 25 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this event was reaching the 3rd round in 2012. Here you can see her history at this event.

Cirstea
Rome
Cirstea's Record

Cirstea added to her prize money € 4,824 after conquering this match. She has already won € 12,652 after this win. If she wins the next match, Cirstea will add € 10,048 to her earnings to get in total € 22,700 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Cirstea
Volynets
Sorana Cirstea
2-6 6-3 6-4
2h:25
Katie Volynets
93
93
Total points
90
90
40
40
Winners
38
38
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
1
1
2
2
Double Faults
4
4
66%
66%
1st in
71%
71%
61%
61%
1st won
64%
64%
40/66
40/66
1st won
38/59
38/59
50%
50%
2nd won
38%
38%
17/34
17/34
2nd won
9/24
9/24
-- Break Points --
4/13
4/13
Total
4/8
4/8
31%
31%
Won
50%
50%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, the Romanian scored 93 points vs. Volynets’s 90.

Cirstea

Sorana won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 31% (4/13) of the procured opportunities.

Volynets

On the other side, the American was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (4/8). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Cirstea and Volynets is 1-0 for Sorana.

Draw and next match H2H: Sorana Cirstea vs. Jelena Ostapenko – stats

Cirstea will take on Ostapenko in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Sorana Cirstea and Jelena Ostapenko face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Ostapenko (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they played, Ostapenko won 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Beijing back in 2017.

Sorana Cirstea Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Volynets 6-2
VolynetsCirstea
6
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
VolynetsCirstea
6
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
VolynetsCirstea
5
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
VolynetsCirstea
4
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
VolynetsCirstea
3
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
VolynetsCirstea
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
VolynetsCirstea
2
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
VolynetsCirstea
2
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
VolynetsCirstea
1
0
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40

Cirstea conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Katie Volynets in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, there was more to do for Katie to win the set because Cirstea found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. Volynets kept her focus to break the Romanian in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (5-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Katie failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 30.

The Romanian had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Katie was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). Also, on the other side, the Romanian was on the money in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 65 points. Katie was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than the Romanian (36-29). The American conceded 12 points on serve (16-12). On the other side, Sorana conceded 20 points on serve (17-20).

2nd Set -
Cirstea 6-3
CirsteaVolynets
6
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
CirsteaVolynets
6
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
CirsteaVolynets
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
CirsteaVolynets
5
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
CirsteaVolynets
4
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
CirsteaVolynets
4
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
CirsteaVolynets
3
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
CirsteaVolynets
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
CirsteaVolynets
2
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30

Cirstea enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Katie Volynets in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Cirstea to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.

Sorana converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Sorana didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 54 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Romanian won just 2 more points than Volynets (28-26). Sorana surrendered 7 points on serve (18-7). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 10 points on serve (19-10).

3rd Set -
Cirstea 6-4
CirsteaVolynets
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
CirsteaVolynets
5
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
CirsteaVolynets
5
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
CirsteaVolynets
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
CirsteaVolynets
3
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
CirsteaVolynets
2
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
CirsteaVolynets
2
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
CirsteaVolynets
1
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
CirsteaVolynets
0
2
0
15
0
30
0
40

Cirstea conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Katie Volynets in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, Cirstea refused to bow to find the way to come back to break the American in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).

Cirstea converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 0-40). Moreover, on the other side, the American converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 4th game (2-1 40-A and 40-A).

They played 64 points. The Romanian won 8 points more than the American (36-28). Cirstea conceded 16 points on serve (22-16). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).

1st
Cirstea
Volynets
2-6
2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
1
2
0
2
0
1
2nd
Cirstea
Volynets
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
3rd
Cirstea
Volynets
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
0
2
0
1
 

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