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Sorana Cirstea© WTA
Nationality: ROU (Romania)
Birthdate: April 07, 1990
Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania
Residence: Targoviste, Romania
Turned Pro: Pro (2006)
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
2008 Ranking: 36
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Coached by Alina Tecsor; fitness coach is Teo Cercel ... Introduced to tennis at age 4 by mother, Liliana and father, Mihai; brother, Mihnea, is five years her ... Read Full Bio

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Tennis-X Weekend Wrap, Previews: Djokovic, Tsonga Win
GENERALI Ladies Linz Linz, Austria Surface: hard Seeds: Flavia Pennetta, Aggie Radwanska, Yanina Wickmayer, Carla Suarez Navarro, Iveta Benesova, Sorana Cirstea, Lucie Safarova, Sara Errani Floaters: Alize Cornet Notes: Ugh. LAST WEEK Djokovic, Bryans Win China Open No. 2 seed Novak Djokovic fended off N...
2009-10-11

ATP/WTA Previews: Safina, Venus, 9 of Top 10 at Tokyo
on Bartoli, Na Li, Virginie RazzanoFloaters: Maria Sharapova, (WC) Kimiko Date Krumm, (Q) Alexa Glatch, Daniela Hantuchova, Sania Mirza, Lucie Safarova, Sorana CirsteaNotes: (12) Stosur vs. (Q) Glatch 1st rd. (winner to potentially face Sharapova); (10) Ivanovic vs. Safarova 1st rd.; (2) Venus vs. (14) Bartoli 3rd rd.; Serena...
2009-09-27

WTA Previews: Seoul, Tashkent; Sharipova!
HANSOL KOREA OPENSeoul, KoreaSurface: hardSeeds: Daniela Hantuchova, Anabel Medina Garrigues, Francesca Schiavone, Sorana Cirstea, Alisa Kleybanova, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkva, Vera Dushevina, Sybille Bammer Floaters: Maria Kirilenko, Katarina Srebotnik, Anna-Lena GroenefeldNotes: (4) Cirstea vs. Groenefeld in the first ro...
2009-09-20

Pro Previews: ATP Newport, WTA Budapest, Bastad
llector Swedish Open Women Bastad, Sweden Surface: Clay Seeds: 1. Caroline Wozniacki, 2. Dominika Cibulkova, 3. Flavia Pennetta, 4. Kaia Kanepi, 5. Sorana Cirstea, 6. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 7. Carla Suarez Navarro, 8. Iveta Benesova Floaters: Sweden's Sofia Arvidsson (vs. Wozniacki 1st rd.), Maria Kirilenko, France...
2009-07-05

Serena Wins; Venus, Safina, Ivanovic in Action Saturday at Wimbledon
er unheralded fellow Russian Regina Kulkova, (7) Vera Zvonareva handed an injury walkover to (26) Virginie Razzano, (8) Victoria Azarenka defeating (28) Sorana Cirstea 7-6, 6-3, and (10) Nadia Petrova stopped the run of the Sharapova-killer, Gisela Dulko, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. No. 14 seed Dominika Cibulkova was an upset victim, s...
2009-06-27

Women's Zzzzzzzzzzs at Wimbledon
and the elder Williams will face Spanish comer Carla Suarez Navarro. Friday's matches of mild-to-zero interest include (8) Victoria Azarenka vs. (28) Sorana Cirstea, an all-Russian in Regina Kulikova vs. (4) Elena Dementieva, Italy's Roberta Vinci vs. (2) Serena Williams, (7) Vera Zvonareva vs. (26) Virginie Razzano, the S...
2009-06-26

Federer Wins, Djokovic Lines Up Fish at Wimbledon
won all three meetings with Rainer Schuettler... Who will win a Slam next, Ana Ivanovic or Maria Sharapova?... Viktoriya Azarenka doubled bageled Sorana Cirstea last year. ...
2009-06-25

Sorana Cirstea Interview - French Open, June 1
Sorana Cirstea InterviewFrench Open, June 1 THE MODERATOR: Questions in English, please. Q. Last two wins, two top 10 players. What's the feeling? SORANA CĪRSTEA: Of course it's a great feeling, and the mostimportant is that I'm happy with my game and the way I'm playing. I hope I can keep up like this, and hope it...
2009-06-01


Recent fan comments for Sorana Cirstea:



Imti
Says:

Hi Cristea!!! I m a big fan of urs since wimbledon 2009... Let me tell you how i got to notice u... U look exactly like a friend of mine... So It was not that hard to notice you... After that onwards I m following ur every tour though television... Good Luck for the rest of ur tennis life.. byeeeeeee


Posted on August 1, 2009 at 00:13 ET



Tangent
Says:

hi sora!. you have played nicely so far in all your matches. best wishes for the coming tours. take very good care and will be looking forward to many more hopefully in the future. god bless. . . .(june29.09)


Posted on June 9, 2009 at 05:29 ET



maximus
Says:

Congratulation for your great show at French Open, I wish you the best and I hope you will continue to grow and have more successes in the future.


Posted on June 4, 2009 at 23:31 ET



roma
Says:

i luv u


Posted on June 4, 2009 at 06:33 ET



Syed
Says:

You are still young and in the process of learning. concentrate also when to come to net and play a volly, also cross court from base line. You can be a good player, if you improve y our ist service. Continoue your efforts to become 10 now and then who know one day No.1
God bless you


Posted on June 2, 2009 at 09:26 ET



Mirko
Says:

Very compliment for your match vs Jankovic,it's was a hard battle but you have win!!!!How are you?Are you happy?Go,go go ahead in this tournament and good luck!!!Mirko from Italy


Posted on June 1, 2009 at 12:54 ET



Brad
Says:

Are we having fun yet?
Homework: Video Analysis (preferably you)
If you have a tape of yourself watch it and see how many times you could have come to net, but didn't. If you don't have a video of yourself find one of Agassi. He was half the player he could have been. He was The Master of creating the opportunity to come to net, but wouldn't ... and then often ended up losing the point instead of having an easy volley.
Remember: The absolute goal of any point in tennis is to produce the opportunity to hit a volley or overhead, but this will never happen if you are at the baseline.



Posted on August 7, 2008 at 12:22 ET



Brad
Says:

By the way,
I can couch you by phone, on the court, while practicing from anywhere in the world.


Posted on August 7, 2008 at 11:55 ET



Brad
Says:

Sooper Looper Challenge:
You hit 10 sooper loopers to an opponents backhand as an approach shot and see how many points you win. Reverse 10 points so you are convinced how hard it is to defend against someone at net. Once you believe, hit at least every other point. You will become #1 instantly. Now go do it!


Posted on August 7, 2008 at 11:51 ET



Bahret1@comcast.net
Says:

You v. Kuznetsova (US Open)
STATS:
When you got your 1st serve in you won 69%.
When you got your 2nd serve in you won 40%.
What does that tell you?
Ditch the big 1st serve and concentrate on an identical 1st & 2nd serve to gain consistency so you stand a better change of getting your 1st serve in. You are a PRO. There is no excuse for any pro not to hit 85% first serves. 54% is unacceptable! sorry, but it is.
NET: 12 times at net is why you lost.
You will NEVER beat a better player from the baseline. You MUST take you chances at net.
RULE: If you are going to lose a point - lose it at the NET!



Posted on August 7, 2008 at 11:47 ET



Brad
Says:

S.T.A.T.S.
Statisical Tennis Analysis & Training Supervision
Theory: It's not about power, but statistical advantage.
It's simply too hard to hit more aces and winners. It's far more important to reduce errors. That's much easier.
Want to know more?
Want to be #1?


Posted on August 7, 2008 at 11:37 ET



Brad Bahret
Says:

PS. Yes, you are very "marketable" too.
bahret1@comcast.net


Posted on August 7, 2008 at 09:05 ET



Brad Bahret
Says:

The good news: Continue to play the same and you will continue to beat the people you beat.
The bad news: You will continue to lose to the people you lose to.
Therefore ... you must change.
Lesson 1: First one to the net wins.
Lesson2: You will never beat a better player from the baseline because they are more consistent.
Lesson 3: You should never hit winners. You will hit too many losers.
Lesson 4: Do nothing more than put the service return in play.
Lesson 5: Your 1st serve should be identical to your 2nd serve. A big spin serve moved around the box. Consistency is key - not aces.
Lesson 10: Sooper Looper. This is an extreme topspin lob hit to your opponents backhand as an APPROACH shot. This should be hit as often as possible. Winning percentage is 70+%. With this % hit every third point = the #1 player in the world statistically.
There's more.
S.T.A.T.S. Tennis.
"You'll never play the same"




Posted on August 7, 2008 at 09:03 ET



kim bj
Says:

so cute^^


Posted on January 6, 2008 at 22:03 ET



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