Jaqueline Cristian, the end of the road and in the double -double -taught double competition in front of the world number 2
Article by David Istrate – published on Friday, September 19, 2025, 16:35 / Updated on Friday, September 19, 2025 4:36 pm
Jaqueline Cristian (27 years old, 41 WTA) and Su-Wei Hsieh (39, Taiwan) have been eliminated in the quarterfinals of the WTA tournament in Seoul. The two players were defeated in 99 minutes, score 4-6, 6-7 (3) by the Czechs Barbora Krejcikova (29 years) and Katerina Siniakova (29 years).
After several days when the rain gave the heads of the Seoul tournament, Jaqueline Cristian and Su-Wei Hsieh returned to the field, for a match of the final of the double competition.
Jaqueline Cristian and Su-Wei Hsieh, defeated by Czechs Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova
In “optimal”, They had managed to defeat the main favorites of the tournament, Australian Ellen Perez (29 years old) and Hungarian Fanny Stollar (26 years old), with a score of 7-6 (2), 6-4. Therefore, the Romanian-Taiwanese pair approaches with a high morale the confrontation from “quarters”.
Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova, however, proved to be stronger. The Czechs awarded their inaugural set with 6-4 and then, even if the opponents demonstrated the fighting spirit, they also prevailed in the second sequence.
So Cristian and Hsieh were removed from Seoul, Following a defeat with 4-6, 6-7 (3). In the semifinals, Krejcikova and Siniakova will meet the Chinese Yifan Xu (37 years old) and Zhaoxuan Yang (30 years old), who passed 6-1, 6-3 by Ulrikke Eikeri (32 years old, Norway) and Qianhui Tang (25 years, China).
Jaqueline Cristian also participated in the simple competition in Seoul, being eliminated in the inaugural tour by the British Emma Răducanu (22 years, 33 WTA), score 3-6, 4-6, in 2 hours and 5 minutes.
The other player from Romania who has evolved at Seoul is Sorana Cîrstea (35 years, 66 WTA). She passed 6-3, 6-1 by Anastasia Zakharova (23 years, 79 WTA), but could not hold Igăi Swiak (24 years, 2 WTA) and was defeated with 3-6, 2-6.
