Article by Maria Olteanu – Published on Tuesday, 09 June 2026, 08:23 / Updated on Tuesday, 09 June 2026 08:24
Sorana Cîrstea (36 years old, 18 WTA) makes her debut today at noon on the grass in London, at the 500 WTA category tournament at Queen's. The opponent is the Australian Maddison Inglis (28 years old, 141st place in the world), athlete coming from the qualifications. The game will start at 13:00, it will be liveTEXT on GSP.ro and on TV on Digi Sport 2.
The first player from Romania who entered the competition was Jaqueline Cristian (28 years old, 38 WTA), who prevailed against the Paris 2024 Olympic championQinwen Zheng (23 years old, 122 WTA), score 6-4, 7-6 (4). Jaqueline Cristian will play in the next round against the winner of the duel Katie Boulter (29 years old, 73 WTA) – Leylah Fernandez (23 years old, 23 WTA)
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Compared to Jaqueline Cristian, Sorana Cîrstea had a better chance in the draw at the first tournament on grass this season. Our player comes on a wave of enthusiasm, after the very good paths of the last two competitions on clay, when she reached the semi-finals in Rome and the quarter-finals at Roland Garros.
Being in the lower half of the table, our representative got rid of the main favorite, Elena Rybakina. Cîrstea is halfway between Amanda Anisimova, world number 6.
In today's match, against Maddison Inglis, Sorana should not have emotions, being without a doubt the most valuable player. So far, the two players have not met on the circuit.
Then, in the next round, in the round of 16, Sorana would most likely play against the British woman of Romanian origin, Emma Răducanu (ranked 39th in the world), who has 6 defeats in the last 7 matches played. Also, the moral advantage is also on Sorana's side, who won the Transylvania Open in a clear manner, score 6-0, 6-2.
In a possible quarter-final, Sorana could duel with Belinda Bencic (11th place in the world), a player against whom she leads the “directs” with 3-1.
