Sorana Cîrstea has arrived for the second time in a row in the quarterfinals of a WTA tour, a performance that she has not achieved in the last two years. The 34-year-old Romanian defeated the WTA 250 tournament in Austin on Diana Shnaider, the second favorite, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, after last week the same performance in Dubai managed.
Sorana Cîrstea plays at night for qualifying in the semifinals in Austin. Photo Getty Images
Romanca has secured her presence in the last eight and is about to play on March 1 for a place in the semifinals with the host representative, McCartney Kessler, 56th WTA. Sorana Cîrstea (34 years old), who came out this week from the Top 100 WTA (120), has been imposed after two hours and 4 minutes in front of a 20-year-old opponent, which ranks 13th in the world hierarchy. The Romanian provided a check of $ 6,815 and 54 WTA points.
After the dramatic qualification, our athlete was made to laugh at the interview, when she told her that her opponent is only 20 years old, almost as many as she is in the world of world tennis. “Lately she has played very well, never give up on any ball. You have to find ways to win such a match. I am very pleased with what I have done”said Sorana, after which the interviewer sent him: “It is your second quarter of the season, but I want to say something else: she is 20 years old, you are in the circuit for almost 20 years. What is the secret, you look as if you have just started tennis?”.
Third “victim” from the top 15 WTA in 10 days
Sorana replied laughing: “I’m not even 20 years old, but I’m not so old. I came to the very young professional circuit. I never thought I would be at this level at this age. What keeps me motivated is passion, I love tennis, I love to play and I still feel that I can do great things in tennis. I still have a passionI want to defeat the top players. I love tennis and I want to continue. I am one of the lucky people who have turned their job into passion. ”
The victory with Shnaider was the 3rd Romanian against a top 15 WTA opponent in the last 10 days, after those with Daria Kasatkina and Emma Navarro from Dubai, writes Eurosport. Through today’s victory, Sorana Cîrstea took another step towards returning between the first 100 players of the world. She climbed 11 positions in the WTA Live standings, on the 109th place, to return to the top 100 world in case of a new success in Austin.
