​Sorana Kirstya advanced to the second round of the WTA 1000 tournament in Doha, defeating Sloane Stephens (US Open 2017 champion) on Sunday.

Sorana KirsteaPhoto: Charles Krupa/AP/Profimedia

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Sorana Kirstya defeated Sloane Stevens and will meet with Iga Svyatek

After a good course in Abu Dhabi (fourth), Kerstya also scored an important victory in the first round in Doha.

Our athlete easily prevailed over the American Stevens (39 WTA), score 6-3, 6-2. The game lasted only an hour and 20 minutes.

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Know:

  • Sorana Kirstea now leads 2-1 in head-to-head matches against Sloane Stephens.
  • Sorana will face the leader of the world ranking and the main favorite of the competition in Qatar, Iga Svyatek.
  • They have met twice before, with the Pole winning each time: 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 at the 2022 Australian Open and 6-2, 6-3 at the 2022 Indian Wells.
  • Sorana received a prize of $20,650 and 65 points in the WTA singles ranking.
  • Kirstya ranks 22nd in the WTA Live ranking (the highest was on 21st place).

Qatar TotalEnergies Open 2024 will be held from February 11 to 17. The tournament is held on clay in Doha, is part of the “WTA 1000” category and offers a total prize pool of $3,211,715. The champion of the title is Iga Sviatek (2022, 2023), and Simona Halep won in 2014.

The main favorites of WTA Doha: Iga Sviatek (1), Coco Gauff (2), Elena Rybakina (3), Ons Jaber (4), Qinwen Zheng (5), Marketa Vondrousova (6), Maria Sakkari (7), Yelena Ostapenko ( 8).

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