​Sorana Kirstya stopped in the second round of the “WTA 500” tournament in Brisbane, our athlete was defeated by the Czech Linda Noskova.

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Sorana Kirstea lost to Linda Noskova at the WTA in Brisbane

Kerstia (WTA 26, favorite 10), who was accepted directly at this stage of the competition, was defeated in three sets by the talented player from the Czech Republic (19 years old, 40th in the world) with the score 6-4, 4-6. , 6-4.

Sorana saved six set points in the first game, but missed too many opportunities to break back (she had 5 break points in the tenth game but didn’t make them work) and Linda eventually prevailed.

Kirstya was ahead for almost the entire second set (there were only three breaks, two successes of the Romanian) and managed to turn the confrontation into a decisive one.

Noskov made the only break in the third set in the seventh game. The promising Czech won after two hours and 22 minutes of play.

Know:

  • Linda Noskova will play Julia Riera (137 WTA) in the round of 16, after the Argentine produced one of the surprises of the competition, eliminating Russia’s Kateryna Alexandrova (21 WTA, favorite 7), 6-3, 6-4.
  • For her presence in Brisbane, Sorana Kirstea will receive $14,000 and 32 points in the WTA singles ranking.
  • After Sorana’s defeat, Romania remained unrepresented in the tables of preparatory tournaments for the Australian Open 2024.
  • In addition to Linda Noskova, the Czech Republic can be proud of several young players who have already achieved important results: Linda Fruhvirtova (85 WTA / 18 years old), Brenda Fruhvirtova (109 WTA / 16 years old), Sara Beilek (134 WTA / 17 years old), Dominika Salkova ( 218 WTA / 19 years), Lucy Havlichkova (264 WTA / 18 years), Julie Struplova (290 WTA / 19 years) or Nikola Bartunkova (292 WTA / 17 years).

WTA Brisbane takes place from December 31 to January 7 on hard, is in the WTA 500 category, has a total prize pool of $1,736,763, and the title champion is Arina Sabalenka (in 2023).