At 35, the tennis player Sorana Cîrstea slipped until 138 in the world hierarchy.
Tennis no longer offers Sorana too big joys
Coming to Montreal from the Tournament in Iasi, where he lost in the semifinals at the competition on the slag, “Sori” did not accommodate the hard playing surface in Canada and gave up from the first round.
He came from Hac Lulu Sun (24 years old, 97 WTA), from the new Zellenade, which won 6-3, 7-5, and which will give, in the second round, over Amerian Amanda Anisimova, favorite 5 and recent finalist at Wimbledon.
Also in the first round he gave in to Montreal and Gabriela Ruse (27 years, 58 WTA), who did not take the Set of British Emma Răducanu (22 years, 33 WTA), score 2-6, 4-6.
The first round provides each player 10 WTA points and a prize of $ 12,770.
In Montreal, Simona Halep, withdrawn from the activity at 33, prevailed in three lines, in 2016, 2018 and in 2022. The holder of the trophy is American Jessica Pegula, who won the last two titles.