The best Polish tennis player during this year’s Grand Slam Australian Open is doing very well. She went through the first three rounds without dropping a single set, which puts her in the role of favorites ahead of Monday’s start with Sorana Kirstia of Romania, ranked 38th in the WTA rankings.
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Świątek and Cirstea at AO 2022
At the beginning of the struggle, Iga Švetik without any problems dealt with Harriet Dart (WTA 123) of Great Britain, winning 6: 3, 6: 0. In the second round she defeated Rebecca Peterson (WTA 82) of Sweden 6: 2, 6: 2, while in the third round she defeated the Russian Daria Kasatkina (6: 2, 6: 3).
On the other hand, Sorana Cerstia knocked out Czech Petra Kvitova (19th WTA) in the first round, winning with her 6-2 6-2. Then she got rid of the Slovakian Kristina Kokova from another competition, defeating her 6: 2, 6: 4, and in the third round she won with Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 2.
When will Iga Świątek play with Sorana Cirstea?
So far, Iga ¦wi ± tek has never faced a Romanian tennis player, 11 years older than her. Her biggest success was at the Australian Open Cirstea in 2017, when she reached the fourth round of competition. At last year’s edition, the 31-year-old finished the feud in the third round.
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It is already known when the Christmas duel with Cirstea will begin. The Margaret Court Arena match will take place in the evening session and begin at 7:30 PM at the earliest. The Polish player will appear on the field after the match in which Maxime Crissy will play with Daniel Medvedev. The game will be broadcast on Eurosport and Player.pl.
