Of the eight players left at the WTA 1000 event in Miami, Sorana Kirstea is the only unseeded player.

>> Sorana Kirstea, unstoppable – another increase in the WTA ranking

Sorana Kirstea, the only player in the fourth quarter of the WTA in Miami who is not seeded

Ranked 74th in the world, Sorana is the only “criminal” in the Miami quarter.

Favorites 2, 3, 10, 15, 18, 25 and 27 remained in the tournament.

WTA Miami, women’s quarterfinal program

Martina Trevisan (24 WTA – favorite 25) – Olena Rybakina (7 WTA – favorite 10)

Jessica Pegula (3 WTA – favorite 3) – Anastasia Potapova (26 WTA – favorite 27)

Kateryna Alexandrova (18 WTA – favorite 18) – Petra Kvitova (15 WTA – favorite 15)

Sorana Kirstea (74 WTA) – Aryna Sabalenko (2 WTA – favorite 2).

>> Sorana Kirstea is ahead of a fiery duel in the WTA quarterfinals in Miami

Sorana Kirstea, excellent performance at the Miami Open

I round: 7-6(6), 6-2 against Fernanda Contreras Gomez (179 WTA)

II round: 6-2, 6-3 against Caroline Garcia (4th WTA / 5th favorite)

III round: 7-5, 6-1 against Karolina Muchova (55 WTA)

Optimal: 7-6(3), 6-4 against Marketa Vondrousova (103 WTA).

Know:

• Qualifying in the quarters is the best result recorded in the career of Sorana Kirstea at the Miami Open.

• By advancing to the quarterfinals of the event in Florida, Sorana secured a prize of $184,465 and 215 points in the WTA ranking.

• Kirstya will fight for the semi-finals of the tournament in Miami with Aryna Sabalenko (winner of the Australian Open 2023 and the main favorite after the elimination of Iga Svyatek’s polka).

• A very good move from the tournament in Florida will help Sorana to make an important jump in the world singles hierarchy, in WTA Live our athlete takes 51st place – a jump of 23 positions.

• In the WTA 1000 competitions in which she participated this month (Indian Wells and Miami Open), Sorana Kirstya won 8 and lost only one (to the leader of the world ranking, Poland’s Iga Sviatek).