​Sorana Kirstya repeated her career-best result at the US Open by advancing to the third round, but she will have a very difficult task at this stage of the competition.

Sorana Kirstea, match with Olena Rybakina in the third round of the US Open

Thus, Sorana (WTA 30) will play Olena Rybakina after the world number four took advantage of the withdrawal of Australian Ayla Tomlyanovich.

Kirstya and Rybakina met twice on the WTA tournament in 2020, and each time the representative of Kazakhstan won: 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 in Doha and 6-0, 6-3 in Roland Garros.

At the age of 24, Olena won Wimbledon 2022 and reached the final of the Australian Open 2023. The best result at the US Open is the presence in the third round (2021), and at Roland Garros she was in the quarters (2021).

Know:

• Having qualified in the third round, Kerstya secured a prize of $191,000 and 130 points in the WTA ranking.

• Sorana also reached the third round at Flushing Meadows in 2009, 2019 and 2020.

• Romania is also represented by Patricia Sig (second round, match with Jessica Pegula, third favorite).

US Open 2023 will be held from August 28 to September 10, and the most important matches from Flushing Meadows will be on HotNews.ro every day. Titled champions – Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Svyatek.