Petra Kvitova and Kateryna Alexandrova were supposed to meet in the quarterfinals of the WTA 1000 tournament in Miami on Wednesday night, but the match between them was postponed due to rain.

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Sorana Kirstja will have an extra day off compared to her opponent in the WTA semifinals in Miami

Thus, the match between Kvitova (12 WTA) and Alexandrova (18 WTA) will take place on Thursday and will start no earlier than 22:00 (Romanian time).

The winner of this match will be the opponent of Sorana Kirstea in the semi-finals, and our athlete will have an extra day of rest compared to her (the games in the penultimate act are scheduled for Friday).

Kirstya has played Kvitova 10 times, and the athlete from the Czech Republic leads with a score of 6-4. Sorana never met Alexandrova again at a WTA tournament.

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Know:

• This is the second best result of Sorana Kirstea’s career after reaching the Rogers Cup final in 2013 (then she was defeated by Serena Williams).

• The qualification to the semifinals is the best result recorded in the career of Sorana Kirstea at the Miami Open. She also beat a WTA Top 2 player 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.

• 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 41st place – a jump of 33 positions.

• 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.

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).