<\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
The WTA women’s circuit schedule last week included a tennis tournament in
\nLyon, an event with 193 thousand Euros up for grabs. The Romanian tennis player
\nSorana C\u00eerstea was 2nd-seeded and succeeded
\nto honor her status, reaching as far as the tournament’s semifinal. Sorana’s
\nfeat earned her a better position according to the WTA rankings. Reason enough
\nfor Radio Romania International to designate Sorana
\nCirstea the Athlete of the week.<\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Had she succeeded to play the final in Lyon, according
\nto the world rankings Sorana Cirstea would have been able to outclass Simona
\nHalep, who for quite a few years now has been Romania’s best-placed tennis
\nplayer. For Sorana Cirstea, the main draw in Lyon looked accessible. In the
\nfirst three matches Sorana did not lose a single set. Her trail in Lyon
\nincluded wins against Georgia’s Mariam Bolkvadze, Stefanie V\u00f6gele of Switzerland
\nand Hungary’s Anna Bondar. However, in the semifinal, Sorana Cirstea faced 21-year-old
\nUkrainian challenger Dayana Yastremska. We recall that in 2019 Yastremska was a
\nwhisker away from earning a place among the world’s top 20 women tennis players.
\nIn the first round, Yastremska succeeded a hard-fought win against another
\nRomanian, Ana Bogdan, since her opponent wasted the opportunity to secure her
\nwin with a match ball. It took the Ukrainian three sets to overpower Sorana
\nCirstea. Yastremska won the match, 7-6, 4-6, 6-4. Sorana got 8,145 Euros and 110
\nWTA points, climbing four notches up according to the WTA rankings, from the 31st
\nto the 27th-place. Simona Halep is 26th-placed according to the same
\nrankings. <\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Sorana C\u00eerstea was born in the southern Romanian town of Targoviste on
\nApril 7th, 1990. She turned pro in 2006. The same year she came in
\n348th according to the WTA rankings. So far Sorana Cirstea has won a
\nWTA tournament, in Taskent, in 2008, and another one in Istanbul, in 2021. Sorana
\nCirstea’s best WTA ranking position occurred in August 2013, when she was 21st-placed.
\nA rather difficult period followed for the Romanian, but in recent years Sorana
\nbraced up and succeeded to regain the excellent shape she used to be in. According
\nto the WTA website, Sorana’s net worth as a tennis player amounts to almost
\nseven million dollars. <\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
(EN) <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tennis player Sorana Cirstea<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":121729,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40940],"tags":[30560,41767,42120,30285,32933],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-122433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-final","tag-rankings","tag-shape","tag-tournament","tag-win"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n