Article by David Istrate – Published Thursday, June 11, 2026, 7:53 p.m. / Updated Thursday, June 11, 2026, 7:54 p.m.
Sorana Cîrstea (36 years old, 18 WTA) duels with Emma Răducanu (23 years old, 42 WTA) in the round of 16 of the WTA tournament at Queen's. The match was supposed to start at 17:00, liveTEXT on GSP.ro and live on Digi Sport 2. It was postponed due to rain. A possible new start time has not yet been put forward.
UPDATE 19:50 » Two matches moved tomorrow
The organizers announced the cancellation of the Elena Rybakina – Tatjana Maria and Katie Boulter – Jaqueline Cristian matches. They would play tomorrow. No news at the moment about the Cîrstea – Răducanu dispute. Officials still hope it will take place today.
UPDATE 15:00 » The duel between Cîrstea and Răducanu, postponed for the third time
On Thursday, June 11, in London, two Romanian-British duels will take place, both scheduled on the coquettish Andy Murray Arena. The day will start with the dispute between Sorana Cîrstea and Emma Răducanu, and later Jaqueline Cristian (28 years old, 38 WTA) and Katie Boulter (29 years old, 73 WTA) will face each other.
The disaster continues in London. The match between Cîrstea and Răducanu will not start at 15:30, but at 17:00 at the earliest. At this point, there is a chance that Jaqueline Cristian will not enter the field today.
UPDATE AT 14:20 » The duel between Cîrstea and Răducanu, another postponement
According to the new schedule sent by the organizers, the match between Răducanu and Cîrstea will start at 3:30 p.m. at the earliest, weather permitting.
UPDATE 13:30 » The match has been postponed for at least an hour
The duel between Sorana Cîrstea and Emma Răducanu was postponed for at least an hour, due to the rain that caused headaches throughout the week.
Live at 17:00. Sorana Cîrstea – Emma Răducanu, in the “eighths” at Queen's
In the inaugural round at Queen's, Emma Răducanu was the more convincing player. Sthe 23-year-old portiva prevailed 6-0, 6-3 against Anna Blinkova (27 years, 105)showing signs that he would have passed the bad period he had in recent months.
On the other hand, Sorana Cîrstea had big problems in the duel with Maddison Inglis (28 years old, 151 WTA), failing to play at a constant level. In the end, the Romanian won 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 and qualified for the “eight”.
So there will be a repeat of this year's Transylvania Open final on Thursday, June 11 at Queen's. Then, Răducanu had no chance against Cîrstea, having some physical problems. Sorana prevailed 6-0, 6-2 and became the first Romanian player to win the singles title at the WTA 250 tournament in Cluj-Napoca.
After the award ceremony of the Transylvania Open, the two opponents, with the trophies in their arms, had a two-minute friendly discussion in the net area. “There are no words to say enough about how good she was and what a lovely person she is. I think it's great to have someone like her around”, said Răducanu about Cîrstea, at the press conference in BTarena.
Returning to Queen's, the winner of this duel will meet either Harriet Dart (29 years old, 160 WTA) or Kamilla Rakhimova (24 years old, 78 WTA) in the “quarters”.
Later, at around 18:00, Jaqueline Cristian will also enter the Andy Murray Arena, who meets another Brit, Katie Boulter.
