Sorana Cirstea crushes Katie Boulter 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in Osaka on Wednesday after playing a remarkable match to play Viktorija Golubic in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 9 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 3rd round in 2013. Here you can see her previous results at this event.

Osaka
Cirstea's Record

The Romanian added to her prize money $ 2,655 after winning this match. She has already won $ 6,815 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Romanian will add $ 5,155 to her earnings to get in total $ 11,970 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Cirstea
Boulter
6-3 6-1
1h:09
56
56
Total points
36
36
14
14
Winners
14
14
25%
25%
Ratio Winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
1
1
2
2
Double Faults
4
4
50%
50%
1st in
60%
60%
64%
64%
1st won
48%
48%
14/22
14/22
1st won
14/29
14/29
64%
64%
2nd won
32%
32%
14/22
14/22
2nd won
6/19
6/19
-- Break Points --
6/7
6/7
Total
2/2
2/2
86%
86%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, Cirstea scored 56 points vs. Katie’s 36.

Cirstea

Cirstea was well focused in converting 86% of the break points that she procured (6/7).

Boulter

On the other side, Boulter was great in converting all her break points (2/2). However, that was not enough to win the match.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Sorana Cirstea vs. Viktorija Golubic – stats

Cirstea will square off with Golubic in the quarter.

This will be the 2nd time that Sorana Cirstea and Viktorija Golubic face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Cirstea (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Cirstea won 6-0 7-61 in the 1st round in Adelaide back in 2023.

Live score progression and stats

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

Cirstea overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Katie Boulter in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for the Romanian to win the set as the Brit managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Cirstea maintained her focus to break Katie in the 4th (3-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

Sorana failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 30.

Sorana converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 10th

game (6-2 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 56 points. The Romanian was the winner of the set after clinching 10 more points than Boulter (33-23). Cirstea dropped 7 points on serve (17-7). on the other side of the net, Boulter conceded 16 points on serve (16-16).

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

Cirstea was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Katie Boulter in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0

. Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Sorana to win the set since the Brit managed to break back in the 6th (1-5) game. Cirstea kept her cool to break the Brit in the 7th (6-1) game.

The Romanian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-0 to be broken at 30.

A defining moment of this set was when the Romanian won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the score from 0-0 to 5-0.

Cirstea was unerring in converting all her break points in the 2nd (2-0 30-40), the 4th (4-0 0-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, the Brit was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 6th game (0-5 30-40).

They played 36 points. The Romanian conquered the set after winning 10 more points than the Brit (23-13). Sorana surrendered 9 points on serve (11-9). on the other side of the net, Boulter conceded 12 points on serve (4-12).

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

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