Sorana Kirstya is the only player from Romania who remained in the main draw of the WTA tournament in Miami. She is fighting for a place in the quarters with Danielle Collins, the former world number 7. The match is broadcast live on Digi Sport 2 and LiveScore on HotNews.ro.

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Sorana Kirstea – Danielle Collins 2-2 (set 1) in Miami WTA Round of 16

Set 1:

2-2: Sorana serves a second time and the score is tied at 2.

0-1: Sorana’s rival made the party white.

A duel began. Collins wins the first point after an aggressive start.

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Danielle Collins is currently ranked 53rd in the world, and in Miami she has so far beaten Bernarda Pera (1st round, out of qualification, 81st in the world), Anastasia Potapova (2nd round, 30th favorite) and Elina Avanesyan (65- e place). WTA).

Sorana and Danielle have only met once on the WTA circuit, in 2018, on the Foro Italico, at the WTA Rome. It was 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in favor of the American.

“I remember playing with Collins in Rome a few years ago, but obviously a lot has changed. I will see who wins and try to make good tactics, but I always believed that I should impose my game and be aggressive, control the moment” – Sorana Kirsteabefore the match between Collins and Avanesyan, DigiSport cites.

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Who is Danielle Collins?

Born December 13, 1993 in Petersburg, Florida, Danielle Rose Collins was the highest ranked WTA player at #7 (July 11, 2022) and won two WTA singles titles (San Jose and Palermo, both in 2021) and one doubles title (Charleston 2023, with Desiree Krawczyk).

Best Grand Slam results: Australian Open (final in 2022 – lost to Ashley Barty), Roland Garros (quarters in 2020), Wimbledon (third round in 2019), US Open (round of 16 in 2022 year).

He won 239 and lost 146. He won $6,992,276 in tennis prizes alone.

At the age of 30, Danielle Collins also announced that she will retire from professional tennis at the end of 2024.

Know:

• For being in eighth place, Sorana will receive 101 thousand dollars and 120 points in the WTA singles ranking.

• Last year’s semi-finalist in Miami, Sorana Kirstea, is ranked 27th in the WTA Live rankings, dropping three places.

• Romania had three other players in the main draw in Miami, but they all lost in the first round: Simona Halep (against Paula Badosa), Ana Bohdan (against Kateryna Siniakova) and Jacqueline Christian (against Diane Parry).

From March 19 to 31, the WTA 1000 category tournament will be held in Miami. Played on hard court, 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).