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title: "Cîrstea secures spot in round of 16 after epic comeback"
url: https://moldova1.md/p/54941/cirstea-secures-spot-in-round-of-16-after-epic-comeback
published: 2025-08-12T17:01:00Z
language: en
author: "Radu Galbur"
section: "Sport"
source: moldova1.md
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# Cîrstea secures spot in round of 16 after epic comeback

> Romanian tennis player Sorana Cîrstea eliminated China's Yue Yuan from the tournament with a three-set victory.

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Romanian tennis player Sorana Cîrstea eliminated China's Yue Yuan from the tournament with a three-set victory.

After losing the first set in a tie-break, 6-7 (2:7), the Romanian player made a spectacular comeback to win the next two sets with identical 6-4 scores. She missed a set point in the first set, rallied from a 2-4 deficit in the second, and again from a 0-2 deficit in the deciding set. The match lasted 2 hours and 51 minutes.

In the Round of 16, Cîrstea will face Poland's Iga Świątek, the former women's world No. 1, who is currently ranked No. 3 in the WTA rankings. The two have played each other four times before, with Świątek winning every match.

By qualifying for the Round of 16, Sorana Cîrstea secured a prize of approximately 57,000 U.S. dollars and 120 WTA points.

Aryna Sabalenka also advanced to the Round of 16. The current world No. 1 defeated Great Britain's Emma Raducanu in a highly contested match. Sabalenka won in three sets, with two of those sets being decided by a tie-break, with the final scores of 7-6, 4-6, 7-6.

Translation by **Iurie Tataru**