Sorana Cîrstea – Anastasia Zakharova, in the first round at Seoul »If required, the Romanian will be duel with Swiak in optimum
Article by Maria Olteanu – Published on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 10:06 / Updated Tuesday, September 16, 2025 10:16
Sorana Cîrstea (35 years old, 66 WTA) returns to the WTA 500 tournament on Tuesday morning. The opponent is Anastasia Zakharova (23 years, 79 WTA). The match will start around 10:30. It will be LiveText on GSP.ro and on TV on Digi Sport 2.
Also on Tuesday morning, at Seoul, Jaqueline Cristian (27 years, 41 WTA) will also play, which will fight for a place in optimal with Emma Răducanu (22 years, 33 WTA), British athlete.
Live from 10:30 »Sorana Cîrstea – Anastasia Zakharova
For Sorana, this is the first tournament she participates in after the US Open, where she was eliminated in the second round.
Normally, Sorana should have had a match in the first round with Lin Zhu, but she withdrew, so our player will meet Anastasia Zakharova.
If he manages to qualify in the eighth, Cîrstea will have a duel with Iga Swiak (24 years, 2 WTA), the main favorite of the South Korea competition.
The Russian reached the main picture of Seoul from Lucky Loser, after losing the confrontation with Ella Seidel in qualifications.
Before the match on Tuesday, the two met once, about a month ago, at Cleveland, a tour that Sorana won. Then, our player imposed in front of Zakharovei by 6-1, 7-5 in the semifinals.
The last time Sorana participated in the Seul tournament was in 2017, when she was eliminated in quarterfinals.
