LIVE. Sorana Cîrstea – Solana Sierra, in the 3rd round at Roland Garros » Romanian, big favorite for a place in the eighth
Article by Maria Olteanu – Published Friday, 29 May 2026, 08:56 / Updated Friday, 29 May 2026 09:14
Sorana Cîrstea (36 years old, 18 WTA) is playing today in the third round of Roland Garros, the second Grand Slam tournament of the year, against Solana Sierra (21 years old, 68 WTA). The match that can ensure his qualification for the round of 16, on the Paris clay, will start after 14:00, Romanian time, will be liveTEXT on GSP.ro and live on Eurosport and HBO Max.
Sorana Cîrstea is our only representative left in the competition in the capital of France, and before the match in the third round she decided to withdraw from the doubles event precisely so that she could focus only on what she has to do on the singles table.
The best-ranked player from Romania has a perfect course so far at Roland Garros. After in the first round Sorana Cîrstea defeated Ksenia Efremova (17 years old, #625 WTA), score 6-3, 6-1, two days ago she also passed Eva Lys (24 years old, #81 WTA) without emotions, score 6-3, 6-0, at the end of a game in which she won 11 consecutive games.
LIVE after 14:00 » Sorana Cîrstea – Solana Sierra
Now, in the third round, Sorana Cîrstea has a chance, going to duel with an opponent against whom she starts as a clear favorite. Solana Sierra produced the surprise and defeated Jasmine Paolini (30, #13 WTA) in the second round in the decider after a fantastic comeback.
So far, the two players have met only once in the WTA circuit, at the US Open, in 2025, when the Romanian prevailed in two sets, score 7-5, 6-0.
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The confrontation between Cîrstea and Sierra will take place on court 14, being the second game scheduled on that court;
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Starting at 12:00, the first game on court 14 will be the men's draw, Thiago Agustin Tirante – Pablo Carreno Busta.
If she gets past Sierra, Sorana will also have a chance in the round of 16, where she got rid of Elena Rybakina (26 years old, #2 WTA), eliminated in the second round. There, the opponent would be the winner of the game Yuliia Starodubtseva (26 years old, #55 WTA) – Xiyu Wang (25 years old, #148 WTA).
