The Romanian tennis player Sorana Cîrstea lost in front of the Canadian player Marina Stakusic 6-1, 1-6, 6-4, Monday evening, in the first round of the Transylvania Open tournament (WTA 250), hosted by Barena in Cluj-Napoca.
Sorana Cîrstea. Profimedia photo
Cîrstea (34 years, 64 WTA) was defeated after two hours and 14 minutes of playing a player from qualifications, according to Agerpres.
Each of the two athletes dominated a set one in turn, and in decisive Cîrstea had 3-1.
Stakusic (20 years old, 119 WTA) won three guts in a row and balanced the game. In the last jam, on his service, Cîrstea had 40-0, but lost five points in a row, the set and the match.
Also Monday and in the first round Gabriela Ruse lost, 2-6, 3-6 in front of Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina.
The results of Monday:
Simple, tour I.
Viktoria Tomova (Bulgaria)-Mayar Sherif (Egypt) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
Suzan Lamens (Holland)-Anna Bondar (Hungary) 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (8/6)
Caroline Dolehide (USA)-Daria Snigur (Ukraine) 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
Anhelina Kalinina (Ukraine/n.4)-Gabriela Ruse (Romania) 6-2, 6-3
Marina Stakusic (Canada)-Sorana Cîrstea (Romania) 6-1, 1-6, 6-4
Double, tour I.
Jaqueline Cristian (Romania)/Angelica Moratelli (Italy)-Monica Niculescu (Romania)/Sabrina Santamaria (USA/N.1) 4-6, 7-5, 10-3
Emily Appleton (UK)/Quianhui Tang (China/N.4)-Ana Bogdan/Simona Halep (Romania) 7-6 (7/5), 6-1
Maja Chwalinska (Poland)/Anastasia Detiuc (Czech)-Lucia Bronzetti/Elisabetta Cocriaretto (Italy) 6-1, 6-3
Katarzyna Piter (Poland)/Aleksandra Sasnovici (Belarus)-Quinn Gleason (USA)/Kimberley Zimmermann (Belgium/N.3) 6-2, 6-0
