Romanian tennis player Sorana Cirstea qualified on Thursday for the quarterfinals of the Open de Limoges WTA 125 K tournament, with total prize money worth 125,000 USD, after she scored 6-3, 6-3 against Spanish player Sara Sorribes Tormo.
Sorana defeated the Spanish player (23, WTA's 84th) for the first time, after Sorribes Tormo's victory in 2018 in Sao Paulo, 6-2, 6-3, in the semifinals, and this year, in Hiroshima, in the first round, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.
Cirstea secured a 2,226-euro cheque and 29 WTA points and in the quarterfinals she will play against US player Nicole Gibbs.