Sorana Cirstea victorious over Rybakina in the 3rd round to play vs Bencic at the U.S. Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Cirstea wins against Rybakina to take on Belinda Bencic in the 4th round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Sorana Cirstea vs. Elena Rybakina

Sorana Cirstea downs Elena Rybakina 6-3 6-7(6) 6-4 in the 3rd round in New York on Friday. Cirstea will engage against Belinda Bencic in the 4th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 48 minutes. This will be her best result in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do was reach the 3rd round in 2009, 2019 and 2020. Here you can see her previous results at this event.

Cirstea
New York
Cirstea's Record

Sorana added to her prize money $ 93,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 284,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Cirstea will add $ 171,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 455,000 in total.

Highlights Sorana Cirstea vs. Elena Rybakina U.S. Open – New York

Cirstea’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Cirstea
Rybakina
Sorana Cirstea
6-3 6-76 6-4
2h:48
Elena Rybakina
117
117
Total points
101
101
47
47
Winners
32
32
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
32%
32%
42
42
Unforced
56
56
43%
43%
Ratio Unforced
57%
57%
12/14
12/14
Net Approaches
8/19
8/19
86%
86%
Perc
42%
42%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
3
3
3
3
Double Faults
4
4
63%
63%
1st in
55%
55%
66%
66%
1st won
55%
55%
47/71
47/71
1st won
32/58
32/58
50%
50%
2nd won
51%
51%
21/42
21/42
2nd won
24/47
24/47
175
175
Fastest serve
191
191
164
164
AVG 1st Serve
167
167
135
135
AVG 2nd Serve
140
140
-- Break Points --
6/10
6/10
Total
4/13
4/13
60%
60%
Won
31%
31%
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At the end of the match, Cirstea scored 117 points vs. Elena’s 101.

Cirstea

The Romanian was effective when converting 60% of the break points that she conquered (6/10).

Rybakina

On the other side, Rybakina had some problems converting her break points (only 31% – 4/13). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Cirstea and Rybakina is 1-2 for Elena.

Draw and next match H2H: Sorana Cirstea vs. Belinda Bencic – stats

Cirstea will come up against Bencic in the 4th round.

This will be the 4th time that Sorana Cirstea and Belinda Bencic fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Cirstea (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Bencic won 3-6 7-5 6-2 in the 2nd round in New York back in 2022.

Sorana Cirstea Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Cirstea clinched in the 4th game (3-1) prior to eventually winning the set (6-3).

The Romanian converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Sorana didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 51 points. The Romanian was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than the Kazakhstani (30-21). Sorana dropped 6 points on serve (20-6). on the other side of the net, Rybakina conceded 10 points on serve (15-10).

2nd Set -
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Cirstea conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Elena Rybakina in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Rybakina refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Sorana in the 2nd (1-1) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 6.

Tiebreak

Rybakina won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 10th (6-4) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, the Romanian won 3 minibreaks in the 5th (1-4), 8th (4-4) and 12th (6-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

The Kazakhstani was flawless in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Romanian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 1st game (0-0 15-40).

They contested 98 points. This set was so close that, Elena won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Rybakina lost 17 points on serve (27-17). In addition, on the other side, the Romanian conceded 22 points on serve (32-22).

3rd Set -
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Cirstea was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Elena Rybakina in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for the Romanian to win the set because the Kazakhstani managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2), in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (4-5) game. The Romanian kept her cool to break the Kazakhstani in the 4th (3-1), in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th (6-4) game.

Sorana failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 40.

The Romanian converted 66% of her break points (4/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 6th (4-1 40-A), the 8th (4-3 0-40 and 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Elena converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 40-A), the 7th (2-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 69 points. The Romanian conquered the set after winning 7 more points than the Kazakhstani (38-31). Cirstea lost 16 points on serve (16-16). In addition, on the other side, Elena conceded 22 points on serve (15-22).

1st
Cirstea
Rybakina
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Cirstea
Rybakina
6-7
6
7
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
3rd
Cirstea
Rybakina
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
 

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