Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published Sunday, May 31, 2026, 4:45 p.m. / Updated Sunday, May 31, 2026, 4:47 p.m.
The Spaniards emphasized the fact that the player from Romania is playing the best tennis of her career at the age of 36. Marca journalists noted the fact that the player from Romania is experiencing “a second youth”.
The brand reacted after Sorana Cîrstea qualified for the quarter-finals: “She gives reasons to reconsider her decision”
“Sorana Cîrstea gives herself reasons to reconsider her decision to retire: she returns to the quarter-finals after 17 years”, headlined Marca.
“The Romanian who announced that she is retiring at the end of the year beat Wang. Sorana Cîrstea, ranked 18th in the WTA at 36 years old, is experiencing a second youth after announcing his retirement from the tennis court at the end of this year.
Since the European clay season began, Cîrstea has tied a series of victories. Semi-finalist at the 1000 tournament in Rome, Sorana Cîrstea qualified for the quarters at Roland Garros after defeating Xiyu Wang this Sunday, score 6-3, 7-6(4)”, wrote the Spaniards from Marca.
Sorana Cîrstea, record after record at Roland Garros
Sorana Cîrstea equaled the best performance of her career at Roland Garros. The Romanian had also managed to qualify for the quarter-finals in 2009, and thus marked a historic milestone: the longest break between two quarter-final qualifications at a Grand Slam women's singles tournament. The statistics only take into account the Open era.
Also, Sorana Cîrstea became the third oldest athlete to reach the quarterfinals of the Roland Garros tournament in the Open era. Only Helga Masthoff in 1978 and Billie Jean King in 1980 are ahead of her.
