​Sorana Kirstya will meet Aryna Sabalenko, the main favorite in the absence of world leader Iga Sviatek, in the quarterfinals of the Miami Open WTA 1000 tournament on Wednesday.

>> WTA Miami: Sorana Kirstea, the lowest-ranked player in the quarters

Sorana Cîrstea – Aryna Sabalenka, Wednesday, March 29, from 20:00.

The match between Kirstya (74 WTA) and Sabalenka (2 WTA) will be the first match of the day at the stadium and will start at 20:00 (Romanian time).

The match will be broadcast live on DigiSport 2 and LiveBLOG on HotNews.ro.

Sorana and Arina will meet for the first time at the WTA tournament.

The athlete from Belarus won this year at the Australian Open and occupies the first position in the WTA Race rating (on the Champions Tour 2023).

>> Sorana Kirstya speaks before a heated match in the WTA quarterfinals in Miami

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.

• A very good course from the tournament in Florida will help Sorana make a an important leap in the world hierarchy singles, our athlete is in WTA Live on 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).

Sorana Kirstea, excellent performance at the Miami Open

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

Second round: 6-2, 6-3 vs Caroline Garcia (4 WTA / 5 favourite)

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

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

The Miami Open takes place from March 21 to April 2 on hard, is part of the “WTA 1000” category and has a total prize pool of $8,800,000. There are 96 players in the main draw, and the reigning champion is Iga Svyatek.