Sorana Kirstya seems to have recovered from the poor results recorded in late 2023 and early 2024. Our athlete has qualified for the second round of the “WTA 1000” tournament in Doha, the stage of the competition where she will meet with Iga. Svyatek, leader of the world ranking.

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Sorana Kirstya meets Iga Svyatek on Monday at the WTA in Doha

According to the schedule announced by the organizers, Sorana’s match with Iga (the main favorite) will be the fourth on the Central Court.

Ashlyn Kruger – Paula Badosa (summary of 3-6, 6-4, 2-4 and 40-15), Magdalena Frech – Victoria Azarenka and Caroline Garcia – Naomi Osaka will also take place in this arena.

Thus, the match between Kirstya and Svyatek can start around 18:00 (Romanian time) and will be broadcast live on DigiSport 2.

“I know Igu quite well. I’ve been training with her quite a bit lately. She probably knows me well too. A difficult match. It’s number 1, it means he’s doing something good. I always believe in my chances. I always go to win. It will be a tough match because he makes a few mistakes.

Naturally, I want to enter the TOP-20, especially since I’m close (it’s on 22nd place – no). I feel like I have the game I need. I beat quite a few Top 10, Top 20 players. I need a little more consistency” – Sorana Kirsteain an interview with DigiSport.

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Know:

  • Sorana Kirstya and Iga Sviatek 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.
  • By qualifying for the second round, Sorana secured a prize of $20,650 and 65 points in the WTA singles rankings.
  • 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).