Sorana Kirstea beat Caroline Garcia (2022 Champions Tournament winner) twice in just nine days, and the Romanian showed that the good results of the last period were achieved thanks to the cooperation with Thomas Johansson.

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Sorana Kirstea and the problems only she can see

After the qualification of our athlete in the third round of the Miami Open, the Swedish coach (champion of the Australian Open 2002) gave a brief description of Sorana.

“I enjoyed watching him hit the ball, especially while working. I think she could have been more aggressive on the second ball return. But when she wins the WTA No. 4 6-2, 6-3, I can’t help but be happy and impressed with her performance.

Off the field, she is very calm, relaxed, has no problems, knows that everything has a solution. It can get very emotional on the field. She herself creates problems that only she sees. It’s like two people watching a movie together and seeing two different movies” – Thomas Johanssoncoach Sorana Kirstya, for DigiSport.

Sorana Kirstea, who was helped by the service before Carolina Garcia

Despite the decisive victory (6-2, 6-3), Sorana noted that the match with Garcia was very difficult.

“I am very happy with the victory. A win against a top 5 player is always a success. I think that assessment is not necessarily true. It was a more difficult match than the scoreboard showed.

I served very well today. I believe that the main weapon was service. I got out of many difficult situations” – Sorana Kirstea.

Know:

  • Sorana Kirstea (74 WTA) will meet Karolina Mukhova (55 WTA) in the third round of WTA Miami.
  • After qualifying in the third round, Sorana Kirstea received $55,770 and 65 WTA singles points.
  • First round action: Sorana Kirstea vs. Fernanda Contreras Gomez 7-6(6), 6-2.
  • In the women’s singles, Romania had two more representatives, but Ana Bohdan and Iryna Begu were already eliminated.

The Miami Open takes place from March 21 to April 2 on hard, is in the “WTA 1000” category and has a total prize pool of $8,800,000. There are 96 players in the main draw, and the reigning champion is Iga Svyatek.