Ranked 61st in the WTA ranking, Sorana Kirstea learned the name of her opponent in the first round in Abu Dhabi. Our athlete will meet with Marta Kostyuk (60th place in the world).

Sorana Kirstea, match with Marta Kostiuk in the first round of WTA Abu Dhabi

If she overtakes the Ukrainian, Sorana will face the second favorite of the competition, Belinda Bencic (the reigning Olympic champion).

Know:

Romania still has a representative in the Abu Dhabi qualifier, Gabriela Ruse.

Gabriela advanced to the final round of qualifying on Sunday after defeating Tereza Martinsova (seeded seventh in qualifying) 6-3, 3-0 (eliminated).

For a place in the main draw of Abu Dhabi Ruse will play the winner of the match between Oleksandra Sasnovich (37 WTA) and Miriam Bjorklund (153 WTA).

The Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open takes place from February 6 to 12 on hard, is in the WTA 500 category, has a total prize money of $780,637, and the main favorite is Daria Kasatkina.

Abu Dhabi: Daria Kasaktina (1), Belinda Bencic (2), Olena Rybakina (3), Veronika Kudermetova (4), Yelena Ostapenko (5), Beatrice Haddad Maya (6), Anette Kontaveit (7) and Lyudmila Samsonova ( 8).