Sorana Cirstea tops Aliona Bolsova 3-6 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in New York on Thursday. Cirstea will seek to keep on going in this event against Taylor Townsend in the 3rd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Aliona clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4th (1-3) game, The Spaniard broke back 3 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game before winning the set 6-3.
Sorana lost the 5th game (2-3) when she had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0.
Sorana was powerless in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-3 to 6-3).
2nd set.
Sorana won the set after she broke Bolsova 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Bolsova tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Nevertheless, the Romanian refused to give way before winning the set 6-4.
3rd set.
Cirstea got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Bolsova in the 1st game (1-0). The Romanian reinforced her lead after breaking the Spaniard in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).
The Spaniard lost the 7th game (5-2) when she had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve.
Statistics
After this match, the head to head between Cirstea and Bolsova is 1-1.
Highlights Sorana Cirstea vs. Aliona Bolsova U.S. Open – New York
Next Match: Sorana Cirstea vs. Taylor Townsend – stats
Cirstea will face Townsend in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Sorana Cirstea and Taylor Townsend since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
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