Article by Maria Olteanu – Published on Tuesday, September 2, 2025 21:35 / Updated Tuesday, September 2, 2025:08
Sorana Cîrstea (35 years old, 71th WTA) ran out of the trophy won at the tournament of 250 WTA points from Cleveland, who was stolen from the hotel room. The organizers could not ignore what happened and offered a new trophy to our player, who posted a picture from the plane, along with the new distinction.
Sorana had announced on Sunday on social networks that she was robbed in the hotel where she stayed during the US Open. Shortly after, US authorities opened an investigation, to see how it came to this unpleasant situation.
During this time, the tour organizers made an extremely important decision for Sorana, giving her a new trophy, along with whom she was photographed, with a smile on her lips, in the plane return to the house.
Photo. Sorana Cîrstea received a new trophy after the first one was stolen
“Anyone who stole the trophy from Cleveland from room 314 of the hotel, please return it! It has no material value, only sentimental! It would be really appreciated! Thank you, Sorana,” Sorana wrote on Instagram.
Even though the reaction did not come from the thieves, it came from the tour organizers.
“We can't let you go home without any trophy! Awards and Apparel will repair things”, Those from Tennis in the Land on a Story on Instagram, later republished by Sorana, reported Monday.
Message of Tennis in the Land on Sorana Cîrstea's trophy
On Tuesday, at the time of departure, Sorana published several pictures from the time spent in America, including one of the plane, along with her team, in which she radiates happiness, holding in her hand the new trophy received, identical to the one initially won at Cleveland, who was stolen.
For Sorana, the Cleveland trophy was the third of the career in the WTA circuit, after the Tashkent 2008 and Istanbul 2021.
