Article by David Istrate – published Wednesday, October 08, 2025, 09:22 / Updated Wednesday, 08 October 2025 09:40
In the second round of Wuhan Open, Sorana Cîrstea (35 years, 58 WTA) will be duel with Shuai Zhang (36 years, 142 WTA), the beneficiary of a Wild Card. The match started at 9:39 am and can be watched, LiveText, on GSP.ro and, live, on Digi Sport 2.
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Today, the match of Jaqueline Cristian (27 years, 48 WTA) from the Wuhan Open tour will be held today, but after 3:30 pm. She has as an opponent Elena Rybakina (26 years, 9 WTA).
Less than 24 hours after the success with Jelena Ostapenko (28 years, 25 WTA), Sorana Cîrstea will return to Wuhan, for the second round, against Chinese Shuai Zhang.
Live. Sorana Cîrstea – Shuai Zhang, in the second round at Wuhan Open
On Tuesday, October 7, Cîrstea stayed on the field for less than an hour. She awarded her first set with 6-0 and was driving 2-1 in the second sequence, When Ostapenko decided to abandon, because of an injury.
Although it was expected that, in the case of a victory, it would duel with Emma Navarro (24 years, 14 WTA), the Romanian will have another opponent in the second round. This is because Shuai Zhang, the beneficiary of a Wild Card, rewarded the confidence of the organizers and surprised in the inaugural round, winning 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 the world number.
As a result, Cîrstea and Zhang will meet for the 5th time. The first confrontation between the two veterans took place 17 years ago, in 2008, in a ITF tour, when our representative managed to impose itself.
Then, Cîrstea and Zhang did not take place for 13 years, until 2021, in Strasbourg, when the Romanian had a win. The Chinese equalized the situation in 2022, managing to defeat Cîrstea both in Miami and in the semifinals of the Birmingham tournament.
In the event of a success, Cîrstea would take in the 3rd round at Wuhan Open Either with Japanese Moyuka Uchijima (24 years old, 91 WTA) or with American Coco Gauff (21.
