​Sorana Kirstya will meet two-time Grand Slam champion Petra Kvitova in the semifinals of the WTA 1000 tournament in Miami on Friday.

Sorana Cîrstea – Petra Kvitova, Friday, March 31, after 22:00.

The match between Kirstea (74 WTA) and Kvitova (12 WTA, favorite 15) will be the second of the day at the Hard Rock Stadium (after the duel between Russians Daniil Medvedev and Karen Khachanov) and will start no earlier than 22:00. (Romanian time).

The match will be broadcast live on DigiSport 2 and LiveBLOG on HotNews.ro.

Petra Kvitova triumphed at Wimbledon in 2011 and 2014 (29 titles to her credit), and her highest WTA ranking was second place (October 31, 2011). During her career, the athlete from the Czech Republic won 614 matches and lost 280, and received 35.3 million dollars from tennis prizes.

Petra Kvitova leads 6-4 against Sorana Kirstea

Sorana Kirstya and Petra Kvitova have met ten times so far, the Czech player won six duels.

2022, Cincinnati: 6-2, 6-3 for Kvitova

2022, Australian Open: 6-2, 6-2 on Kirstea

2021 Australian Open: 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 on Kirstea

2016, Wimbledon: 6-0, 6-4 for Kvitova

2014, Madrid: 6-1, 5-7, 7-6(4) for Kvitova

2013, Toronto: 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 over Kirstea

2012, Rome: 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 for Kvitova

2010, Copenhagen: 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 over Kirstea

2010, Wimbledon: 6-2, 6-2 for Kvitova

2008, Budapest: 6-2, 6-4 for Kvitova.

Know:

• The winner of this match will battle for the trophy with Olena Rybakina (WTA 7), after the Wimbledon champion defeated Jessica Pegula (WTA 3), 7-6(3), 6-4.

• The presence in the semifinals of the tournament in Miami is the second best result of Sorana Kirstea’s career, after reaching the final of the Rogers Cup in 2013 (then she was defeated by Serena Williams).

• The qualification to the semifinals is the best result recorded in the career of Sorana Kirstea at the Miami Open. She also beat a WTA Top 2 player for the first time.

• By advancing to the semifinals of the competition in Florida, Sorana secured a prize of $352,635 and 390 points in the WTA singles ranking.

• A very good move from the tournament in Florida will help Sorana to make an important jump in the world singles hierarchy, in WTA Live our athlete takes 41st place – a jump of 33 positions.

• Sorana Kirstea is the first player outside the WTA Top 50 to win at least 9 main draw matches at the Sunshine Double (4 in Indian Wells and 5 in Miami) in the same year.

The Miami Open takes place from March 21 to April 2 on hard, is part of the “WTA 1000” category and has a total prize pool of $8,800,000. There are 96 players in the main draw, and the reigning champion is Iga Svyatek.