Sorana Cîrstea is through to the second round at The Championships Grand Slam, Wimbledon. Her adversary this year was another Romanian tennis player, Edina Gallovits. Sorana won in straight sets 7-5, 6-1. This year’s is Sorana’s second Wimbledon participation. Last year she made it to the second round. Sorana and Edina met once before last year in Bali, when Sorana won in three sets 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(3). Sorana is seeded 28th at this year’s Wimbledon.

Match Summary

First set: Edina wins 4 straight games and leads 4-0. Sorana wins her first service game 4-1. Sorana breaks and then wins her service 4-4. They each win their next three service games 5-4, then Sorana breaks and wins the first set 7-5.
Second set: Sorana breaks for 3-1 and then keeps on winning every game and goes on to win the second set 6-1 and the match 7-5, 6-1.
Next match: In the second round, Sorana will play Sania Mirza. They never played each other before. Sorana is also playing doubles this year together with her friend Caroline Wozniacki.

Good luck Sorana!

Tags: Wimbledon 2009

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