Romania's Cirstea stuns British Konta to advance to US Open women's singles round three
Publicat:Romania's Sorana Cirstea on Thursday pulled out a stunner as she defeated British Johanna Konta 2-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 thus advancing to round three of the women's singles event at the US Open tennis tournament. Thirty-year-old Cirstea, world number 77, prevailed in two hours and 49 minutes over ninth-seeded Konta.
World number 13 Konta, 29 clearly won the first set, 6-2, after winning the last four games.
Their only previous meet was won by Konta, in 2017, in the second round at Eastbourne, 6-2 6-2.
Cirstea has now matched her best performance at the US Open, the third…
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