Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published Wednesday, May 13, 2026, 9:19 p.m. / Updated Wednesday, May 13, 2026, 9:21 p.m.
Sorana Cîrstea (36 years old, 27th WTA place) will face Coco Gauff (22 years old, 4th WTA place) on Thursday, May 14, in the semifinals of the WTA1000 tournament in Rome. The game between the two will not start earlier than 16:00.
The game from the semifinals of the tournament in Rome will be broadcast in liveTEXT format on GSP.ro and on TV on Digi Sport 1.
The game Sorana Cîrstea – Coco Gauff will not start earlier than 4:00 p.m
Sorana Cîrstea has so far managed to pass to the tournament in Rome with big names: Aryna Sabalenka, Linda Noskova and Jelena Ostapenko. In the event of a victory over Coco Gauff, Sorana Cîrstea will climb to 18th place in the world ranking, and a victory in the last act would bring the Romanian to 15th place in the WTA.
Following the performances achieved up to this moment in Rome, Sorana Cîrstea has already equaled her best ranking of her career in the circuit: 21st place.
Sorana Cîrstea has the best season of her career on clay: has already amassed 10 wins on clay, one less than she managed in her peak red-surface season in 2021. And it's not over yet, there's the semi-final in Rome, then the Grand Slam tournament at Roland Garros.
Coco Gauff, the favorite of the duel from the perspective of the specialists, had a much easier route until the penultimate act of the competition in Rome: the American passed Valentova, Solana Sierra, Iva Jovic and Mirra Andreeva.
History is not on Sorana Cîrstea's side: she never defeated Coco Gauff
The duel scheduled for May 14, which will not start before 16:00, will be the fourth between Sorana Cîrstea and Coco Gauff.
The American, much better rated and with an impressive track record, has victories on the line. The first duel took place in 2020 at the Australian Open, score 2-1 in sets for Coco Gauff. The second duel took place in March of this year, also on hard, in March, in the round of 16 in Miami. Gauff won in 3 sets, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.
The most recent duel took place in Madrid, on clay, 2-1 for Coco Gauff, in the 3rd round of the competition.
