Sorana Kirstya will play against Poland’s Iga Sviatek in the quarters of the “WTA 1000” tournament in Indian Wells, and the official website of the women’s circuit preceded the meeting of the Romanian with the leader of the world hierarchy.

Iga Svyatek feels better than ever – Sorana Kirstya is learning to love the desert

The WTA analyzed the Polish athlete’s excellent start to the season, but stated that on a good day, our player can cause problems for any opponent.

“Iga Svyatek and Olena Rybakina remained in one match until the meeting in the semi-finals, which will offer a match between the two Grand Slam champions. Both players have matches against unseeded Indian Wells quarterfinals.

To the horror of all other WTA players, Iga Sviatek is feeling better than ever in Indian Wells, saying she’s playing “better and better” and that she’s “ready for anything.”

12 months ago in Indian Wells, Svietek had to come back from 0-1 down in sets against Angelina Kalinina, Clara Toson and Angelique Kerber. She has now lost just 14 games in 3 matches played, 9 of them in her third round match against Bianca Andreescu.

Sorana Kirstea, ranked 83rd in the WTA rankings, is learning to love the desert and conditions at Indian Wells. In her first 9 appearances at this tournament, the Romanian won only 5 games. However, he reached the 4th round for the first time last year, and now he has continued his good performances.

Her victory against Carolina Garcia in the round of 16 was her first victory over a WTA TOP-5 athlete in 6 years. The last time she managed such a performance was in Beijing-2017, when she knocked out Karolina Pliskova on the way to the quarters.

At the age of 32, Kirstia has made it past the quarterfinals of a WTA 1000 tournament only once, in Toronto 2013, where she lost in the final.

She will have her toughest task on the court when she takes on Sviatek, but will be buoyed by the fact that she went three sets with the Pole in their only previous meeting. It was significant for Sviatek, who won 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 in the fourth round of the 2022 Australian Open to reach her first major quarter-final on hard courts. notes the WTA.

The match between Sorana Kirstea and Iga Sviatek will be the second of the day on Court 1 at Indian Wells and will start around 21:30 (Romanian time). The match will be broadcast in the format LiveBLOG on HotNews.ro.

>> What the world leader says about the match with Sorana Kirstea in the quarterfinals of Indian Wells

Sorana Cîrstea is back at the top level thanks to her collaboration with Thomas Johansson

“With a new approach to tennis, Kirstya is ready for the Svyatek test. Sorana hired former major champion Tomas Johansson to coach her and he changed the way she looked at tennis. Now she’s reaping the rewards of a new collaboration in Indian Wells.

Now the Romanian sees everything in a different light, and in many ways she owes the Swede her return to the highest level. After the 2022 season ended early due to Soran Kirstea’s shoulder injury, she contacted Thomas Johansson, who has coached David Goffen, Maria Sakkari or Borna Coric in the past.” it says WTAwho then quotes Sorana.

“The way I play now is because of him. This is important in many aspects of my game. He is the reason why I am doing so well, I am very happy with how the cooperation is developing.

As a player, Thomas was excellent at reading the opponent’s game. I worked with him a lot in this direction. He explained to me how ATP players see certain situations, how they deal with them. He tries to implement many aspects of the boys’ game in my designs, both technically and in approach” – Sorana Kirsteaquoted by the WTA.

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The result of the first match between Sorana Kirstea and Iga Svyatek

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Know:

• Kirstya reached the quarterfinals for the first time at the WTA 1000 tournament in Indian Wells.

• For reaching the quarterfinals of Indian Wells, Sorana Kirstea will receive a check for $184,465 and 215 points in the WTA singles ranking.

• Sorana currently has 838 points, which places her at 74th in WTA Live, up 9 places from her last published ranking.

• In the event of a fantastic win against Iga Sviatek (of course, it will be very difficult to overtake the Polish woman, but not impossible), Sorana will score 1013 points and find herself in the 55th place in WTA Live (we are talking about an impressive jump of 28 positions). ).

• The winner of the match between Iga Svyatek and Sorana Kirstea will meet in the semifinals with the winner of the match between Karolina Mukhova (76 WTA) and Olena Rybakina (10th favorite, Wimbledon champion).

Indian Wells 2023 Women’s Quarters

Aryna Sabalenko (2) – Coco Gauf (6) 6-4, 6-0

Maria Sakkari (7) – Petra Kvitova (15) 4-6, 7-5, 6-1

Karolina Mukhova – Olena Rybakina (10)

Iga Svyatek (1) – Sorana Kirstya.

Indian Wells will be held from March 6-19 on hard and 96 players have started in the two main draws. The contest offers $8,800,000 each for men and women. Titled champions – Taylor Fritz and Iga Svyatek.