SORANA CIRSTEA RUMORS
Seeds Cirstea and Paire Lose at Portugal Open
PORTUGAL OPEN Oeiras, Portugal April 29-May 5, 2013 $235,000/International Red Clay/Outdoors Results – Wednesday, May 1, 2013 Women’s Singles – Second Round (3) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d. (Q) Estrella Cabeza Candela (ESP) 63 76(4) (4) Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) d. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 64 63 Kaia Kanepi (EST) d. (5) Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 61 62 [...]
Scheepers, Torro-Flor into 2nd round at Morocco
Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa and Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor of Spain won in straight sets Monday at the Grand Prix SAR and will meet in the second round.
Scheepers beat second-seeded Sorana Cirstea of Romania 6-3, 6-1, and Torro-Flor had downed Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands 6-1, 6-1.
Scheepers served four aces and broke six times against Cirstea, who won their only previous...
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April 22, 2013
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WTA Charleston Monday Gallery: Petkovic, Stephens, Bouchard, Cirstea and more
CHARLESTON, SC (April 1, 2013) — The Family Circle Cup kicked off their main draw play today with a few surprise winners, marathon matches and plenty of fans!
Monday’s gallery includes photos of Andrea Petkovic, Sloane Stephens, Tatjana Malek, Sorana Cirstea, Eugenie Bouchard, Kristina Mladenovic, Laura Robson, Varvara Lepchenko, Caroline Garcia and Jessica Pegula.
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15 Burning Questions with Sorana Cirstea
Sorana Cirstea is beautiful, sweet, and stubborn (self-proclaimed), and she kindly answered our 15 Burning Questions after winning her first round match at the BNP Paribas Open.  To find out her hip-hop name, her favorite app, and her best and worst qualities, check out the interview below!  Enjoy!
American qualifier topples No. 2 seed
American qualifier Lauren Davis beat second-seeded Sorana Cirstea of Romania 6-1, 6-3 in a rain-interrupted second-round match Tuesday at the Hobart International.
Cirstea's elimination followed that of top seed Hsieh Su-wei on Monday and leaves third-seeded Klara Zakopalova as the highest-ranked player remaining in the event at the Domain Tennis Centre. The Czech advanced with...
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January 08, 2013
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Qualifier Davis Upsets Second Seed Cirstea in Hobart
(January 8, 2013) American qualifier Lauren Davis upset second-seeded Sorana Cirstea of Romania 6-1, 6-3 in a second-round match interrupted by rain at Hobart.
No.8 seed Sloane Stephens defeated Simona Halep 6-4 6-0 to advance to the quarterfinals.
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Defending champion Mona Barthel will also join the American in the round of 8 following a 7-6(3) 7-5 win over South Africa’s ChanelleÂ...
Sharapova Powers Past Cirstea in China Open
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By Abigail Hinto
BEIJING, China – Power for power, Sorana Cirstea can match Maria Sharapova off the ground. But Sharapova has consistency in her game which Cirstea still has yet to find.
Sharapova, whose game has been off since the semis of the US Open has finally found her shots and the lines. The calmness is back too. Every time Sharapova founds herself down in...
Cirstea upsets Cibulkova at Bank of the West Classic
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By David Sweet
STANFORD, California- Sorana Cirstea won the final 10 games, including a third-set bagel, to beat Dominika Cibulkova in their quarterfinal match at the Bank of the West Classic.
Cirstea avenged her 6-1 6-1 trouncing by Cibulkova at this year’s Barcelona tournament.
Cirstea said in her news conference that she her solid serving was the key to her win. Cirstea...
Babos eliminates Cirstea in Monterrey
Timea Babos fought back to beat third-seeded Sorana Cirstea at the Monterrey Open on Thursday, giving Hungary two berths in the quarterfinals of the WTA event.
Babos won 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to set up a quarterfinal against Austrian Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, who was a 6-1, 6-3 winner over Czech Eva Birnerova.
Babos joined compatriot Greta Arn in the final eight. The sixth-seeded Arn beat...
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February 24, 2012
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Cirstea advances when Zvonareva retires in Pattaya
Sorana Cirstea reached the semifinals of the Pattaya Open when top-seeded Vera Zvonareva of Russia retired in the third set Friday because of a left hip injury.
The match was even at 2-6, 6-4, 2-2 when Zvonareva pulled out and sent Cirstea into the next round.
Cirstea, a 21-year-old Romanian who is seeded seventh, will next face either Maria Kirilenko of Russia or Tamarine Tanasugarn...
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February 10, 2012
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