Jacqueline Christian was defeated by Diane Parry in the first round of the tournament in Miami, and at the moment there is only one representative of Romania in the women’s singles: Sorana Kirstia.

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Jacqueline Christian, defeated by Diane Parry – Sorana Kirstia, the last Romanian from WTA Miami

Jacqueline (82 WTA) was dismissed from the qualifiers after several high-ranked players withdrew, conceding in crucial moments of the match to Parry (54 WTA) and the French won 7-6(2), 6-2 after an hour and 45 minutes of play. .

Romania has already lost three singles athletes, Simona Halep, Ana Bohdan and Jacqueline Christian exited the tournament in Florida in the first round.

Favorite 19 in Miami, Sorana Kirstea wins the bye (first free round), after which they will play the winner of the match between Sloane Stevens (41st WTA – US Open 2017 champion) and Angelique Kerber (342 WTA – former world leader and champion of Australian Open 2016, US Open 2016 and Wimbledon 2018).

The WTA 1000 category tournament will be held in Miami from March 19 to 31. Played on hard surfaces, the main draw features 128 players and a total prize pool of $8,995,555. The champion of the overall title is Petra Kvitova (she is pregnant and will not participate in this year’s edition).

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