“I am very happy that you became my friend.”

Although they played for the first time together, Anna Kalinskaya and Sorana Cîrstea made a dream tour at Caja Magica. They showed their value from the first round, since they defeated the main favorites of the competition, and then they have gathered victory after victory.

In the final of Madrid, Kalinskaya and Cârstea evolved with a smile on the lips, passed over the more difficult times of confrontation and managed to get the trophy. After 2 hours and 17 minutes, The two won 6-7 (10), 6-2, 12-10.

Anna Kalinskaya: “Sorana, you are incredible! I didn't expect to do so well”

The Romanian-Russian pair received the trophy from Feliciano Lopez, the director of the tournament, and then Kalinskaya took over the microphone for a short speech.

“Hello to everyone! Thank you for coming and making this day so special! Congratulations to opponents, it was a super balanced match. Today the luck was more on our side, “said the 26 -year -old player.

Then Kalinskaya praised her experienced teammate:

“Sorana, you are incredible! I didn't expect to handle so well. It's super special to share this title with you. I am very happy that you became my friend this week. I enjoyed every minute. I thank the team and children of balls. “

Sorana Cîrstea went directly to the chair referee: “It's blood, you have to stop!”

Throughout the tournament, Cârstea behaved like a “older sister” to Kalinskaya, an aspect observed in the final. After a more modest period of the Russian, the Romanian encouraged her teammate and told her to smile.

Then after Anna's injury from the end of the first set, Sorana defended her in front of the referee And asked why he did not decide to interrupt the game.

When the referee argued that “it is just a scratch”, Sorana insisted: “Yes, but it's blood! Blood flows to him. When you see blood, stop the match and call the physiotherapist, right? I mean … that's how he writes to the regulation!”.

Finally, the collaboration between the two took fruit and materialized by an unexpected title in the capital of Spain.

Due to the success of the magic caja, Cîrstea and Kalinskaya won a prize worth 400,560 euros.

For the player born in Moscow, the title from Madrid is the first of his career. She also disputed a single final, simple, lost against Jasmine Paolini, score 6-4, 5-7, 5-7 (Dubai Open, 2024).

The record of the Romanian-Russian team

• Tour 1: 6-3, 4-6, 10-7 vs. Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada)/Erin Routliffe (New Zealand)

• Optimum final: 7-5, 7-5 vs. Ulrikke Eikeri (Norway)/Eri Hozumi (Japan)

• Quarters of final: 6-0, 6-3 vs. Linda Noskova (Czech)/Clara Tauson (Denmark)

• Semifinals: 7-6 (2), 6-4 vs. Su-Wei Hsieh (Taiwan)/Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia)

• Final: 6-7 (10), 6-2, 12-10 vs. Elise Mertens/Veronika Kudemetova