Sorana Cirstea tops Bencic in the 4th round to play vs Muchova at the U.S. Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Cirstea overcomes Bencic to come up against Karolina Muchova in the quarter

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Sorana Cirstea vs. Belinda Bencic

Sorana Cirstea beats Belinda Bencic 6-3 6-3 in the 4th round in New York on Sunday. Cirstea will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Karolina Muchova in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This will be her best result in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reach the 3rd round in 2009, 2019 and 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.

Cirstea
New York
Cirstea's Record

The Romanian added to her prize money $ 171,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 455,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Sorana will add $ 320,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 775,000 in total.

Highlights Sorana Cirstea vs. Belinda Bencic U.S. Open – New York

Cirstea’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Cirstea
Bencic
Sorana Cirstea
6-3 6-3
1h:25
Belinda Bencic
65
65
Total points
47
47
18
18
Winners
15
15
28%
28%
Ratio Winners
32%
32%
14
14
Unforced
32
32
30%
30%
Ratio Unforced
70%
70%
3/4
3/4
Net Approaches
1/5
1/5
75%
75%
Perc
20%
20%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
0
0
1
1
Double Faults
5
5
50%
50%
1st in
54%
54%
64%
64%
1st won
50%
50%
18/28
18/28
1st won
15/30
15/30
50%
50%
2nd won
31%
31%
14/28
14/28
2nd won
8/26
8/26
173
173
Fastest serve
173
173
163
163
AVG 1st Serve
158
158
126
126
AVG 2nd Serve
132
132
-- Break Points --
6/10
6/10
Total
3/5
3/5
60%
60%
Won
60%
60%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, the Romanian scored 65 points vs. Bencic’s 47.

Cirstea

Cirstea was effective at converting 60% of the break points that she procured (6/10).

Bencic

On the other side, Bencic was pretty good at converting 60% of the break points that she procured points (3/5). However, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Cirstea and Bencic is 3-1 for Sorana.

Draw and next match H2H: Sorana Cirstea vs. Karolina Muchova – stats

Cirstea will square off with Muchova in the quarter.

This will be the 5th time that Sorana Cirstea and Karolina Muchova face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Muchova (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Muchova won 7-5 6-4 in the 2nd round in Montreal back in August 2023.

Sorana Cirstea Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Cirstea 6-3
CirsteaBencic
6
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
CirsteaBencic
5
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
CirsteaBencic
5
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
CirsteaBencic
5
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
CirsteaBencic
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
CirsteaBencic
4
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
CirsteaBencic
3
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
CirsteaBencic
2
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
CirsteaBencic
1
0
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30

Cirstea had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Belinda Bencic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Cirstea to win the set since Bencic found the way to break back in the 7th (2-5) game.

It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Cirstea won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.

Cirstea converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 15-40). On the other side, Belinda was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (1-5 15-40).

They played 54 points. Cirstea conquered the set after winning 8 points more than the Swiss (31-23). The Romanian conceded 11 points on serve (18-11). On the other side, Bencic conceded 13 points on serve (12-13).

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

Cirstea had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Belinda Bencic in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for Cirstea to win the set as the Swiss found the way to break back in the 6th (2-4) and in the 8th (3-5) game. Cirstea maintained her focus to break the Swiss in the 7th (5-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

Sorana failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.

Cirstea converted 66% of her break points (4/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 2nd (2-0 30-40), the 4th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (4-2 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). In addition on the other side, Belinda converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (1-4 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 30-40).

They contested 58 points. The Romanian won 10 points more than Belinda (34-24). Sorana surrendered 13 points on serve (14-13). on the other side of the court, Belinda conceded 20 points on serve (11-20).

1st
Cirstea
Bencic
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
5
1
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Cirstea
Bencic
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
 

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