Sorana Cirstea shocks Magdalena Frech 7-6(4) 2-6 6-4 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati on Saturday. Cirstea will try to keep the momentum against Yue Yuan in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 22 minutes. This run will match her most significant achievement in this tournament. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Romanian added to her prize money $ 14,570 after winning this match. She has already won $ 32,840 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Romanian will add $ 23,838 to her earnings to get in total $ 56,678 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Romanian scored 92 points vs. Magdalena’s 86.
Cirstea
Sorana was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (3/6).
Frech
On the other side, the Pole was pretty effective at converting 67% of the break points that she conquered points (4/6). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this contest, the head to head between Cirstea and Frech is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Sorana Cirstea vs. Yue Yuan – stats
Cirstea will come up against Yuan in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Sorana Cirstea and Yue Yuan since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Cirstea clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The Romanian broke back in the 10th (5-5) game to win the set 7-6.
Cirstea converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (3-4 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 0-40). Also, on the other side, Magdalena converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 0-40 and 15-40).
They contested 84 points. The Romanian was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Frech (44-40). Cirstea lost 12 points on serve (27-12). In addition, on the other side, Frech conceded 17 points on serve (28-17).
Magdalena in this set played at a much higher level than the Romanian and without struggling too much she won 6-2 after breaking the Romanian in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The Pole failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 30.
Sorana was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Magdalena was unerring in converting all her break points in the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Frech didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 44 points. The Pole conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Cirstea (26-18). Frech dropped 6 points on serve (16-6). on the other side of the court, the Romanian conceded 10 points on serve (12-10
).Cirstea clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4th
(1-3) game, Cirstea broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game to conquer the set 6-4.Sorana was perfect in converting all her break points in the 5th (1-3 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). On the other side, the Pole was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (2-1 0-40).
They contested 50 points. Cirstea won 8 more points than the Pole (29-21). Cirstea dropped 9 points on serve (17-9). on the other side of the court, the Pole conceded 12 points on serve (12-12).
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