Sorana Kirstya was eliminated from the first round of the WTA tournament in Doha after losing in two sets to Iga Svyatek with a score of 6-1, 6-1.

Sorana Kirstya, a decisive defeat by Iga Svyatek

Sorana Kirstea had no chance in the first round of the WTA in Doha.

The athlete, who occupies the 22nd place in the WTA hierarchy, categorically lost the dispute with Iga Svyatek (1st WTA), at the end of the match, which lasted 61 minutes.

In the next round, Svyatek will meet the winner of the duel between Erika Andreeva (106 WTA) and Kateryna Aleksandrova (19 WTA).

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Qatar TotalEnergies Open 2024 will be held from February 11 to 17. The tournament is held on clay in Doha, is part of the “WTA 1000” category and offers a total prize pool of $3,211,715. The champion of the title is Iga Sviatek (2022, 2023), and Simona Halep won in 2014.

The main favorites of WTA Doha: Iga Sviatek (1), Coco Gauff (2), Elena Rybakina (3), Ons Jaber (4), Qinwen Zheng (5), Marketa Vondrousova (6), Maria Sakkari (7), Yelena Ostapenko ( 8).