Article by Roxana Fleşeru – Published Thursday, April 16, 2026 8:44 p.m. / Updated Thursday, April 16, 2026 8:56 p.m.
Sorana Cîrstea (36 years, 26 WTA), seed 2, qualified for the quarter-finals in Rouen, after her opponent, Xinyu Wang (24 years, 32 WTA), abandoned at the score of 5-3 in favor of the Romanian.
Sorana Cîrstea will play the third quarter-final of the season in Rouen, after the Transylvania Open and Linz. The Romanian reached this position after her opponent decided to abandon at the score of 5-3, 15-0.
The Romanian started the game well, leading 3-1, then there were some mistakes and a bit of frustration. The Romanian said to those in his lodge, Adrian Gavrila and Andrei Cristofor: “I don't want to stay here for another ten hours”, rtaking part in the match of the first round, where he played three sets, the last two being decided by tie-break.
Even though her opponent tied it, Sorana regained her game and when she was leading 4-3, the player from China called for the intervention of the physiotherapist. The one who also played in the qualifiers already had a bandage on her left thigh from the beginning of the game. He went to the locker room, played another game in which he lost his serve, and then, after the first point of the ninth game, he decided to retire.
Sorana Cîrstea, 68th quarter-final in her career
Thus, Sorana Cîrstea is in the quarter-finals in Rouen, a tournament in which she is participating for the first time in her career. “I feel sorry for her, I hope she recovers as soon as possible. I'm happy to be in the quarter-finals again.” said the Romanian at the interview on the field.
She will be playing in this phase for the third time this season, after the Transylvania Open and Linz tournament held last week. It is the 68th quarter-final for the Romanian, the 49th in the WTA 250 tournaments.
54 WTA pointsand 7,025 euros will be given to Sorana Cîrstea for reaching the quarter-finals in Rouen
Sorana Cîrstea emphasized: “Everyone wants to win the tournament, but I'm taking it step by step, now I'm thinking about the quarter-finals. It's my last year and I'd like to win in Rouen.” She will meet the winner of the match Anna Bondar (28 years, 65 WTA) – Oleksandra Oliynykova (25 years, 70 WTA) on Friday.
