Sorana Kirstea (44 WTA) passed the first round of the “WTA 125” contenders tournament from Reus (Spain), defeating Spain’s Alyona Bolsova Zadoinov (130 WTA) after two sets with the score 7-5, 6-0.
Sorana Kirstya eliminated Alyona Bolsova Zadoinov at WTA Reus
After her stop in the second round of the WTA Madrid tournament a week ago, to Aryna Sabalenka (2 WTA), Sorana Kirstja stayed in Spain for the first edition of the Catalonia Open tournament.
With the wild card, Sorana controlled the first set, which she could have finished much faster, but eventually prevailed before the tiebreak.
The second set had no history, the Romanian managed to win it without a single defeat.
In the 1/8 finals, Sorana Kirstya (the second favorite of the tournament) will meet Slovakian Anna Karolina Schmidlova (96 WTA).
In its first edition, Catalonia Open 2023 in Reus (Spain) is part of the “WTA 125” category, is played on clay and offers a total prize fund of $115,000. The main favorite is the Swiss Jill Teichmann (30 WTA).
Source: Hot News
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