Ranked 38th in the ranking, Sorana Cirstea played one of the best tournaments in her career in Melbourne. The almost 32-year-old Romanian in the first round defeated Petra Kvitova (19 WTA) 6: 2, 6: 2, in the second round she was clearly better than the 96th in the ranking of Kristina Kucova (6: 2, 6: 4), and in the third round she made a surprise by winning with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (11 WTA) 6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 2.
Cirstea is good, Świątek is even better
Iga ¦wi ± tek, number 9 in the WTA ranking, did not allow Cirstea to match her best career achievement. Romania once in her life was in the quarter-finals of the Grand Slam tournament – in 2009 in. Now she was close to reaching the Australian Open quarter-finals. But Christmas turned out to be better.
– Sorana played impressively in this tournament. Her strong blows were a good recipe for Iga. I expected it to be a very difficult game for Christmas – says Mats Wilander.
The three-time champion emphasizes not only the class of the rival Iga fought with, but also the fact that it is particularly difficult for Poles to play in Melbourne. – This is probably the worst surface for Iga – he says about the fast courts. – Despite this, Iga plays well, thoughtfully. Already in the previous round with Kasatkina, she had many very close games, and yet the final result looked comfortable for her, notes Wilander.
A really difficult match of the third round with the Russian woman ranked 23rd in the WTA ranking, she won high: 6: 2, 6: 3. – Iga Świątek clearly has long-term goals. And it is well on its way to achieving them. She wants not only Roland Garros to win. Definitely – concludes the Eurosport expert.
In the quarter-finals of the Australian Open 2022, our 2020 champion will face Kalia Kanepi (115 WTA). The 36-year-old sensationally defeated the tournament “two”, that is Aryna Sabalenka 5: 7, 6: 2, 7: 6. The match will take place on Wednesday 26 January.
Source: Sport
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