Eva Lys (24 years old, #81 WTA) and Sorana Cîrstea (36 years old, #18 WTA) meet today, no earlier than 19:45, in a second round match at Roland Garros. The match will be broadcast in liveTEXT format on GSP.ro and directly on Eurosport and HBO Max.
The Romanian hopes to continue her good form on clay this season and advance to the next round of the Grand Slam tournament in Paris.
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Although it should have started around 17:30, Sorana Cîrstea's match was initially postponed by over three hours, the estimated start time being 20:50;
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The Romanian's game was the fourth on court 6, after Hailey Baptiste (24 years old, #26 WTA) – Xiyu Wang (25 years old, #148 WTA), a game that had not started until 19:00, as the duel on the men's table, Mariano Navone – Jakub Mensik, which started at 14:35, reached the decisive set;
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However, considering that the schedule was completely delayed, Sorana's match was moved to court 9 and will start after 19:45, Romanian time
LIVE after 19:45 » Eva Lys – Sorana Cîrstea
On Sunday, May 24, Sorana Cîrstea defeated Ksenia Efremova (17 years old, #625 WTA), score 6-3, 6-1, managing to qualify without problems in the next round at Roland Garros.
For a place in the third round, the Romanian will face Eva Lys. The player from Germany prevailed against Petra Marcinko (20 years old, #51 WTA), score 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.
The two players have met twice so far, with the victories being shared. Cîrstea won at the Australian Open, at the beginning of this year, while Lys won in Cluj, in 2023.
The winner of this duel will play in the third round with Jasmine Paolini (30 years old, #13 WTA) or Solana Sierra (21 years old, #68 WTA).
I honestly don't have any goals. I don't really know statistics, I didn't know that I hadn't won here in 4 years. I try not to focus too much on these things and simply do my daily work, do my training, hang out with the team, feel good.
I take it match by match. The next round is the most important and I will see how high I can go this year.
– Sorana Cîrstea, after the victory in the first round at Roland Garros, right Eurosport
