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Sorana Cîrstea reaches the highest ranking of her career

From Adevărul · () Romanian

Translated from Romanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Sorana Cîrstea defeated Diane Parry 6-2, 7-5 to reach the third round of the US Open.
  • The result lifted the 36-year-old Romanian to a career-best 15th in the live world rankings.
  • Cîrstea will face 21st-ranked Italian Jasmine Paolini, who leads their head-to-head record 3-0.

Sorana Cîrstea has reached the highest singles ranking of her career after advancing to the third round of the US Open. Her 6-2, 7-5 victory over France’s Diane Parry lifted the 36-year-old Romanian to 15th in the live world rankings.

The second-round match lasted one hour and 51 minutes. Cîrstea had fewer winners than Parry, 22 to 30, but made far fewer unforced errors, 17 to 33. As the 16th seed, she controlled the opening set and built leads of 2-0, 3-1, 4-2 and 5-3 in the second.

Parry fought back to level at 5-5 after Cîrstea missed two match points. The Romanian immediately broke again and closed out the match 7-5.

The seventh match in nine days proved to be too much.

· L’ÉquipeThe French newspaper’s assessment of Diane Parry’s demanding schedule.

The French newspaper L’Équipe said Parry appeared to feel the effects of playing her seventh match in nine days. She had reached the last 16 in Cincinnati and won her first WTA 500 title in Monterrey the previous weekend. L’Équipe wrote that she “could not find a solution against Sorana Cîrstea.”

Cîrstea has enjoyed a strong 2026 season, winning in Cluj, reaching the quarter-finals at Roland Garros and making the semi-finals in Rome. Her run in New York has secured $290,000 and 130 WTA points. She next faces Jasmine Paolini, the 19th seed, who beat fellow Italian Lucrezia Stefanini 6-4, 6-1. Paolini has won all three of their previous meetings.

She could not find a solution against Sorana Cîrstea.

· L’ÉquipeThe publication’s description of Parry’s defeat in New York.
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Originally published by Adevărul in Romanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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