Article by Romeo Ene – published on Sunday, 04 May 2025, 19:15 / Updated Sunday, May 04, 2025 19:21
Sorana Cîrstea and Anna Kalinskaya won the doubles of the WTA 1000 tournament from Madrid. The Romanian-Russian team won on Sunday, in 3 sets, the final disputed against the pair consisting of Veronika Kudertova and Elise Mertens. The Romanian provided a consistent check for this success.
The match lasted two hours and 17 minutes. The first set was carried out under the sign of balance. Both teams led. Cirstea and Kalinskaya They drove 5-3 and served for the set, but the game arrived in tiebreak.
Where the two had 4 set balls, but Kudermetova and Mertens won, score 12-10.
In the second part of the game, the Romanian-Russian team started hesitantly, after losing the first two games, but subsequently sent the game decisively, after 6 games won in a row.
In set 3, the Russian-Belgian team led mostly. She had 4-2 and 6-3, but her partner and partner returned and equalized. Finally, the Romanian-Russian team canceled a match ball of the opponents and won the trophy.
How much money Sorana Cîrstea won for Madrid triumph
Cirstea It now has six WTA titles in double (the last one was obtained in 2019), as well as five other disputed finals. Romanian has chosen with a prize worth 400,560 euroswhich he will share with Anna Kalinskaya.
The WTA 1,000 tournament in Madrid is equipped with total prizes of 7,854,000 euros.
Greeting to everyone! Thank you for coming and making this day so special! Congratulations to the opponents, it was a super balanced match. Today luck was more on our side.
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. Thanks to the team and children of balls.
– Anna KalinskayaSorana's partner Cîrstea at the WTA 1000 tournament in Madrid
