Article by Alexandru Stanciu – published Tuesday, July 1, 2025, 16:29 / Updated Tuesday, July 1, 2025 16:29
Sorana Cîrstea (35 years old, 168th WTA) will face American Hailey Baptiste (23, #55 WTA) in the 1st Wimbledon round. The duel will start after 5:00 pm, will be livetext on GSP.ro and televised by Eurosport.
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On the first day of the tournament, the Romanian Anca Todoni and Gabriela Ruse were eliminated, the first by Cristina Bucsa (4-6, 4-6), Gabriela de Madison Keys (7-6 [4]5-7, 5-7).
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Today (Tuesday), also on land 9, where Sorana will play, Irina Begu passed in 3 sets of Kaja Juvan, score 7-6 (8-6), 1-6, 6-3.
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Sorana's match will start after The duel between Zeynep Sonmez and Jaqueline Cristianstarted at 3:30 pm.
Live after 17:00 »Sorana Cîrstea – Hailey Baptiste
Sorana never passed the Tour 3 at Wimbledon. Reached that phase of the competition in 5 lines: 2009, 2012, 2017, 2021 and 2023.
Hailey Baptiste has not even participated in Wimbledon until this year. The American born in Washington, however, had a sensational course at the 2025 edition by Roland Garros, where he stopped in round 4, the equivalent of the optimal phase.
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Cârstea and Baptiste faced once more this year, in April, in Madrid. The American was imposed in 3 sets, 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (4).
Sorana comes after 3 consecutive defeats and 4 in the last 5 games. On the grass he played only at Bad Homburg, where he came out of the first match, 0-2 with Ajla Tomljanovic.
After Roland Garros, Hailey played 3 times on the grass. He defeated Yue Yuan in the first round of qualifications at Eastbourne, but failed to enter the main table.
