Sorana Kirstea recorded her third consecutive defeat in the WTA tournament and left the tournament in Abu Dhabi (category 500) right from the first round.

Sorana Kirstya, defeated by Marta Kostiuk

Having reached the 63rd place in the world ranking, Kirstya was defeated after an hour and 53 minutes of play by Marta Kostiuk (57 WTA), the score 6-2, 1-6, 6-2.

In each set, the winning player made two breaks and did not give up her serve.

Know:

• Kostiuk, who together with Gabriela Ruse reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open-2023 doubles, will beat Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic (WTA 9, favorite 2) in the next round.

• Sorana Kirstea will receive $8,310 and a single point in the WTA rating for being in the main draw of the competition in the United Arab Emirates.

• In the main grid of the competition is the representative of Romania, Gabriela Ruse. Rousey, who entered the main draw after qualifying, will play Barbora Krejcikova (30 WTA, Roland Garros 2021 champion and multiple Grand Slam doubles winner) in the first round.

The Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open takes place from February 6 to 12 on hard, is in the WTA 500 category, has a total prize money of $780,637, and the main favorite is Daria Kasatkina.

Abu Dhabi: Daria Kasaktina (1), Belinda Bencic (2), Olena Rybakina (3), Veronika Kudermetova (4), Yelena Ostapenko (5), Beatrice Haddad Maya (6), Anette Kontaveit (7) and Lyudmila Samsonova ( 8).