Sorana Kirstya left the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing (China Open) in the first round, our athlete was defeated 2-6, 6-2, 6-7(3) by Petra Martic (49th in the world ranking).

Taking the 26th place in the world ranking, Sorana did not start the match very well: she did not manage to cause problems for her opponent on the return, and in addition, she lost her serve twice. The result was the first set, which definitely went to Petra with a score of 6-2.

Midway through the second set, Kirstya did her first damage since her comeback, breaking her first of the match and managing to win the match 6-2 with another break.

The decisive situation returned the script from the first set: Martych broke early (in the very first game), and then moved to 2-0 and 3-1.

However, Sorana did not give up the fight: she returned to the game, leveled the score at 3, and then managed to overcome another delicate moment: she won the rematch when Martic served for the match (5-4). .

It came down to a tie-break, and unfortunately, Sorana lacked precision. As if in too much of a hurry to complete the set of points, Kirstya gave her opponent easily won points, and Martych had the necessary experience to finish the match after two hours and 26 minutes (7-3).

Know:

• For participation in the main draw, Sorana Kirstea will receive $32,325 and 10 points in the WTA singles ranking.

• Subsequently, Kirstia and Martych met five times in the WTA tournament, and now the score is favorable for the Croatian – 3-2.