Sorana Cirstea topples Marketa Vondrousova 2-6 7-6(1) 6-2 in the quarter in Dubai on Thursday. Cirstea will play against Jasmine Paolini in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 41 minutes. This will be her best result in this event. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the quarter in 2014. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Sorana Cirstea vs. Marketa Vondrousova Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:41
At the end of the match, Sorana scored 124 points vs. Vondrousova’s 118.
Cirstea
The Romanian won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points since she converted only 22% (5/23) of the procured opportunities.
Vondrousova
On the other side, the Czech was battling in converting her break points (only 25% – 5/20). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Cirstea and Vondrousova is 3-1 for Sorana.
Draw and next match H2H: Sorana Cirstea vs. Jasmine Paolini – stats
Cirstea will play Paolini in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Sorana Cirstea and Jasmine Paolini play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Paolini (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Paolini won 7-5 2-6 6-2 in the 1st round in Paris back in 2023.
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (2-6 7-61 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Qinwen ZhengZheng (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Elena RybakinaRybakina (w/o) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Cori GauffGauff – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (2-0) – H2H details and stats
