​​Sorana Kirstya reached the semifinals of the “WTA 1000” tournament in Miami (she defeated Aryna Sabalenko), and the performance in Florida will bring her another important jump in the world hierarchy.

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Sorana Kirstea, an impressive rise to 33 places in the WTA ranking

Our athlete entered the top four players of Miami, having achieved the second result in her career (after the Rogers Cup 2013 final).

The points accumulated in recent weeks will help Sorani climb up the world rankings, and she is currently ranked 41st in WTA Live (with 1,218 points), up no less than 33 places from the last published ranking.

If she reaches the grand final (she will have to beat the winner of the match between Kateryna Alexandrova and Petra Kvitova), Sorana will score 1478 points and will be 28th in WTA Live.

If she wins the competition, the athlete from Tirgovishte would score 1,828 points and rise to 20th place in the world (this would be the best rating in her career – on August 12, 2013, she was 21st). Thus, Sorana would overtake Simona Halep, who currently has 1,565 points (26th place in the WTA Live ranking).

WTA Miami, semi-finals

Olena Rybakina (10) – Jessica Pegula (3)

Kateryna Alexandrova (18) / Petra Kvitova (15) – Sorana Kirstea.

Know:

• The qualification to the semifinals is the best result recorded in the career of Sorana Kirstea at the Miami Open. She also beat a Top-2 WTA athlete (Aryna Sabalenko) for the first time.

• By advancing to the semifinals of the competition in Florida, Sorana secured a prize of $352,635 and 390 points in the WTA singles ranking.

• Sorana Kirstea is the first player outside the WTA Top 50 to win at least 9 main draw matches at the Sunshine Double (4 in Indian Wells and 5 in Miami) in the same year.

WTA Live, places of players from Romania in the TOP-200

26. Simona Halep 1565 points (-1)

38. Iryna Begu 1258 (-4)

41. Sorana Kirstea 1218 (+33)

58. Ana Bohdan 952 (+2)

158. Gabriela Ruse 421 (-13)

176. Jacqueline Christian 375 (+28)

193. Iryna Bara 339 (+4).

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 (4 WTA)

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

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

Quarters: 6-4, 6-4 against Aryna Sabalenko (2 WTA).