Sorana Kirstea achieved a career-best result in Indian Wells, qualifying for the quarter-finals, and her good performance at the California tournament will help her climb up the WTA rankings.

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Sorana Kirstea, a jump of 9 positions – she is ranked 74th in WTA Live

Kersta beat Caroline Garcia (5th seed and winner of the Tournament of Champions trophy), and thanks to this success, she moved up 9 positions in WTA Live.

Sorana currently has 838 points, which puts her in 74th place, up nine places from her last published ranking.

In case of a fantastic victory against Iga Sviatek (of course, it will be very difficult to overtake the Polish woman, but not impossible), Sorana will score 1013 points and find herself in the 55th place of WTA Live (we are talking about an impressive jump of 28 positions). ).

Know:

• This is Sorana’s first victory over the French (score 6-4, 4-6, 7-5) after two consecutive defeats.

• Kirstya reached the quarterfinals for the first time at the WTA 1000 tournament in Indian Wells.

• For the first time, our athlete beat an athlete from the TOP-5 WTA in 2017 in Beijing, beating Karolina Pliskova.

• In the quarters in Indian Wells, Sorana Kirstya will meet with Iga Svyatek, the world leader. The Pole beat Emma Redukana in the round of 16 with a score of 6-3, 6-1. The match lasted an hour and 25 minutes.

• Sorana Kirstya met Iga Sviatek only once at the WTA tournament: at the Australian Open 2022. Then the Pole won in three sets with a score of 5-7, 6-3, 6-3.

• For reaching the quarterfinals of Indian Wells, Sorana Kirstea will receive a check for $184,465 and 215 points in the WTA singles ranking.

Indian Wells will be held from March 6-19 on hard and 96 players have started in the two main draws. The contest offers $8,800,000 each for men and women. Titled champions – Taylor Fritz and Iga Svyatek.