Sorana Cirstea dispatches Joint in the 1st round to set up a battle vs Navarro – INDIAN WELLS RESULTS

BNP PARIBAS OPEN - INDIAN WELLS DRAW AND RESULTS. Cirstea topples Joint to play Emma Navarro in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction-and-head-to-head-Sorana-Cirstea-vs-Maya-Joint

Sorana Cirstea tops Maya Joint 6-2 7-5 in the 1st round in Indian Wells on Thursday. Cirstea will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Emma Navarro in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 41 minutes. Her best achievement in this event was reaching the quarter in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.

Cirstea
Indian Wells
Cirstea's Record

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Cirstea
Joint
Sorana Cirstea
6-2 7-5
1h:41
Maya Joint
73
73
Total points
60
60
21
21
Winners
19
19
29%
29%
Ratio Winners
32%
32%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
0
0
0
0
Double Faults
4
4
53%
53%
1st in
62%
62%
58%
58%
1st won
48%
48%
21/36
21/36
1st won
19/40
19/40
56%
56%
2nd won
48%
48%
18/32
18/32
2nd won
12/25
12/25
-- Break Points --
6/15
6/15
Total
3/10
3/10
40%
40%
Won
30%
30%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Cirstea scored 73 points vs. Maya’s 60.

Cirstea

The Romanian won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 40% (6/15) of the procured opportunities.

Joint

On the other side, the Australian had some problems converting her break points (only 30% – 3/10). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Sorana Cirstea vs. Emma Navarro – stats

Cirstea will square off with Navarro in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Sorana Cirstea and Emma Navarro play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cirstea (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Cirstea won 7-65 3-6 7-5 in the 3rd round in Dubai back in February 2025.

Sorana Cirstea Draw info

Live score progression and stats

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

Cirstea in this set played at a much higher level than Maya and eventually she won 6-2 after breaking Maya in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.

Certainly, a key moment was when Sorana won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to convert the score from 0-1 to 5-1.

The Romanian converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 4th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (6-1 30-40). On the other side, the Australian was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 58 points. Cirstea conquered the set after winning 12 points more than the Australian (35-23). The Romanian dropped 8 points on serve (18-8). In addition, on the other side, Maya conceded 17 points on serve (15-17).

2nd Set -
Cirstea 7-5
CirsteaJoint
7
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
CirsteaJoint
6
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
CirsteaJoint
5
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
CirsteaJoint
5
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
CirsteaJoint
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
CirsteaJoint
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
CirsteaJoint
4
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
CirsteaJoint
4
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
CirsteaJoint
4
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
CirsteaJoint
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
CirsteaJoint
2
0
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40

Cirstea had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Maya Joint in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. However, that was not enough for Sorana to win the set since the Australian managed to break back in the 6th (2-4), in the 8th (3-5) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Cirstea maintained her focus to break the Australian in the 7th (5-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game before conquering the set (7-5).

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

The Romanian converted 30% of her break points (3/10). She had 10 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (4-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Australian converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had her opportunities in the 6th (1-4 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (2-5 30-40), the 10th (4-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40).

They contested 75 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally the Romanian won just 1 point more than Maya (38-37). The Romanian dropped 21 points on serve (21-21). On the losing side, the Australian conceded 17 points on serve (16-17).

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

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