About Sorana Cirstea / Despre Sorana Cirstea | About Sorana Cirstea / Despre Sorana Cirstea |
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Career 2005–2006 She is a former ITF Junior Circuit top-ten player, reaching her highest ranking of number six on June 26, 2006. Her best results include a title in the 2005 German Junior Open (Grade 1) defeating Erika Zanchetta 6–2 6–7 6–3 in the final, a tournament she was finalist the year before and a runner-up place in the 2006 Trofeo Bonfiglio (Grade A) where she lost in the final to her compatriot Ioana Raluca Olaru after having defeated the then-top ranked world junior player Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the semifinals. Cîrstea lost in the finals of the doubles tournament at the 2007 French Open, when she and Alexa Glatch lost 6–1, 6–4 to the third seeds, Ksenia Milevskaya and Urszula Radwańska. She also made final appearances at the year-ending ITF Grade 1 juniors tournaments Eddie Herr International and Yucatan World Cup in 2005 and 2006, and in the Opus Nottinghill International in 2006. (Wikipedia) 2007 In April 2007, she reached the final of the Budapest Grand Prix, a Tier III event held in Budapest, Hungary, as a qualifier. During the tournament, all of her main draw matches were pushed to three sets. She beat Martina Müller in the second round, Eleni Daniilidou in the quarter-finals and Karin Knapp in the semi-finals before losing to Gisela Dulko in the final and won the first set, when Dulko won her first title by the scoreline of 6-7², 6–2, 6–2. By making it to the final, she became the first Romanian player to reach a Tour final since Ruxandra Dragomir in June 2000. During her run, she beat two players ranked inside the WTA top 40. In 2008 in Tashkent, she won her first WTA tour title. She defeated Sabine Lisicki in the final.(Wikipedia) 2009 At the 2009 French Open, Cirstea began her campaign with wins over Carly Gullickson of the United States and an upset of the #21 seed Alize Cornet. Having advanced to the third round of a grand slam for the first time, she defeated Caroline Wozniacki, the #10 seed 7-6, 7-5. Cirstea continued her unlikely run with a 3-6, 6-0, 9-7 upset over the #5 seeded Jelena Jankovic to advance to her first grand slam quarterfinal[1], where she faced #30 seed Samantha Stosur but lost by 6-1, 6-3. She also participed at Ordina Open 2009 but lost in second round at Wickmayer with 4-6, 3-6. She paired with Dinara Safina in doubles, but lost to Errani/Pennetta. Cîrstea competing at the 2009 French Open. At the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, Cirstea was seeded 28th. She defeated Edina Gallovits and Sania Mirza in the first two rounds but lost 6-7, 3-6 to #8 Victoria Azarenka in the third round. Cirstea participated in the LA Women's Championships, a warm-up to the US Open. Enroute to the semifinals, she upset No. 4 seed Caroline Wozniacki 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 and Agnieszka Radwańska 7-6(4), 1-6, 7-5, despite Radwanska serving for the match at 4-5 in the third. She will face Samantha Stosur in the semis. (Wikipedia) Date personale Locul nasterii: Targoviste, Romania Cea mai buna clasare din cariera: 53 WTA (7 iulie 2008) Pozitia actuala la simplu: 28 WTA Pozitia actuala la dublu: 27 WTA
Despre Sorana Sorana Cirstea este una dintre cele mai promitatoare tinere jucatoare din Romania, ea reusind la varsta de 17 ani sa ajunga pana pe pozitia 88 mondial, o performanta foarte buna pentru o jucatoare atat de tanara. Sorana s-a remarcat de cand juca in competitia junioarelor, fiind mai mereu clasata in primele 10 jucatoare din topul ITF, cea mai buna pozitie pe care a ocupat-o fiind a sasea. In competitia de juniori, Sorana Cirstea a reusit sa castige Openul Germaniei, dar a mai jucat inca doua finale pe care le-a pierdut. Sorana a pierdut finala turneului de dublu jnioare de la Roland Garros in 2007, jucand alaturi de Alexa Glatch, fiind invinse de favoritele nr. 1 ale turneului. |