It took only 57 minutes for Sorana Kirstea to reach the second round of the “WTA 1000” tournament in Cincinnati, our athlete overtook Kateryna Alexandrova.

Sorana Kirstea, a clean sweep against Kateryna Alexandrova at the WTA in Cincinnati

Kirstya (31st in the world ranking) had an almost perfect match against Russian Alexandrova (21st WTA), score 6-0, 6-2.

Sorana won 20 out of 22 points on the first serve, and Kateryna made 7 double faults.

The player from Tirgovishte managed two streaks of six matches won in a row. The only time Kateryna mattered on court was at the start of the second set when she was leading 2-0.

Know:

• Sorana will fight for a place in the 1/8 finals with the Greek Maria Sakkari (favorite 8). Previously, they met twice, and each time the Romanian won (Istanbul-2017 and Doha-2018).

• By qualifying for the second round, Kirstia secured a prize of $17,930 and 60 points in the WTA ranking.

The Western & Southern Open (Cincinnati) is a WTA 1000 event. The tournament is played on hard from August 14 to 20, 2023, has a total prize pool of $2,788,468, and has a starting main draw of 64 players. Titled champion – Caroline Garcia.

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