Sorana Cîrstea, magnificent performance in Madrid! »It's in the double final, along with Anna Kalinskaya
Luminița Paul article – published on Saturday, 03 May 2025, 01:31 / Updated on Saturday, 03 May 2025 01:32
The pair Sorana Cîrstea-Anna Kalinskaya qualified in the last act of the double painting in the WTA 1000 tournament in Madrid, after 7-6 (2), 6-4 in front of the Favorites 3, Su-Wei Hsieh and Jelena Ostapenko.
The most important double final in Sorana's career awaits her in Madrid, where, after losing quickly, she found motivation and enthusiasm with Anna Kalinskaya.
Without being favorite and playing for the first time together, the two have positively crossed the painting, exceeding the last obstacle on the road to the last act.
In the semifinals, they met the favorites 3, the experiments Su-Wei Hsieh and Jelena Ostapenko, the first specialized in double, the Latvian playing, in turn, in this test in parallel with the simple one.
Cîrstea and Kalinskaya, steel nerves in the semifinals
However, the Romanian-Russian duet evolved, without fear, Sorana often stealing the foreground with inspired returns or changes of confusing steering. She and Anna played smiling, communicated all the time, and when they were in front, but also when they were driven, and managed to keep their calm to paraphrase Victoria.
The first set counted four breaks in a row from the beginning, after the first range. Cârstea and Kalinskaya drove 4-2, but they were equalized. They then had the chance to close, when they made a break for 6-5 again, but in the end the act was decided at Tie-Break.
One that they controlled masterfully and won 7-2. QIn the second set there were four breaks in a row, then Sorana and Anna reacted excellent at 3-4, when they had given up their service. Re-break, then inspired strokes, safety and 6-4 for a historical victory.
First Time Linking Up And @sorana_cirstea & Anna Kalinskaya has in A Hologic WTA Tour 1000 Final!#Mmopen pic.twitter.com/wwdhdvvp4j
– WTA (@wta) May 2, 2025
In the direct duel for the trophy, they will face other players with very good double results, Veronika Kudemetova and Elise Mertens. They defeated Victoria Azarenka and Ashley Krueger with 4-6, 6-4, 10-8 in the first semifinal.
5 Double titleshas Sorana Cîrstea in Palmares, most recently in Lugano 2019, along with Andreea Mitu, and five other finals played
Sorana had played this year only once in a double, in the WTA 250 tournament in Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania Open, where she paired with Irina Begu. The two stopped in the quarterfinals.
