Sorana Cirstea has been showing impressive form lately. She has won 11 of her last 14 matches and hasn’t dropped a single set this week. And that came despite her two separate injuries that forced her out of action for about eight months. Nevertheless, she returned with nothing but resilience in her mind as she took on the top seed, Liudmila Samsonova . If you’re wondering how that match-up went, let’s just say the resilience paid off.

The Romanian star absolutely destroyed the #19 WTA contender in the quarterfinal of the ‘Tennis in the Land’ tournament in Cleveland. This was their second encounter on the court. The rivalry between Cirstea and Samsonova began in August 2023, in the second round of the Mubadala Citi DC Open, in Washington. Therein, Samsonova had prevailed with a deci

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