The third favorite of the competition, Sorana Kirstya, left WTA Ningbo (category 250) in the 1/8 finals, our athlete lost to Kateryna Sinyakova, ranking 90th in the world. 6-3, 7-5 in favor of the athlete from the Czech Republic at the end of the match, who had at least 15 breaks.

Set I

The most important moment for Sorana Kirstea in the first set was the fact that our athlete did not manage to win a single point on serve until the score was 5-1 in favor of Kateryna.

Kerstya did not have the desired level from the very beginning in the first set, and the Czech’s returns were of high quality. Sinyakova was much more inspired in finding the winning shots, and the chosen angles gave Sorana a headache.

The end of the set brought two more breaks, one on each side, and the set went to the Czech 6-3 after 44 minutes.

Set II

On the third attempt, Sorana broke in the very first game of the second set, and the set started the way our athlete wanted.

In addition, errors against Kateryna multiplied and Sorana won to 3-0 with two breaks.

The difference remained after two breaks in a row: 4-1 in favor of Kirsty.

Unfortunately, there followed a stretch of the match where Sorana made a lot of mistakes and didn’t have the most inspired choices at important moments. Thus, we went from 4-1 to 4-4.

Kirstya lost another important chance to win the set with a score of 5-4 on her own serve. Thus, there were a total of 9 breaks in the set, after Sinyakova won the return and closed out the set (7-5) and the match after one hour and 48 minutes.

Sorana Kirstea vs Kateryna Siniakova 4-1

Sorana Kirstya (26 WTA, favorite 3) and Kateryna Siniakova (90 WTA) have met five times, and this was the first victory of a player from the Czech Republic.

2023, Ningbo Open: 6-3, 7-5 for Siniakova

2020, Dubai: 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 on Kirstea

2019, US Open: 7-5, 6-2 for Kirsty

2018, Madrid: 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 for Kirstea

2017, Eastbourne: 6-3, 6-2 for Kirstie.