Sorana Cirstea downs Wang Xinyu to reach just third Grand Slam quarter-final of career

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cirstea-sorana/fBPsm3Iq/"]Cirstea[/a] ‌reached her first Roland Garros quarter-final in 17 years. She ‌is retiring at the end ⁠of ‌the season but is in the ​form of her life after she became the oldest ​player to break into the top 20 earlier this month.[/p][p]The ​36-year-old reached two semi-finals during the clay court swing and beat world No.1 [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sabalenka-aryna/vyhksgUB/"]Aryna Sabalenka[/a] ‌in Rome. She also became the oldest player in the Open Era to claim a 6-0 6-0 win in a Grand Slam main draw in a third-round victory over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sierra-solana/E5xrmfn5/"]Solana Sierra[/a].[/p][embed guid="18e6662a-a003-4506-9fa0-ff470af4ea82" url="https://x.com/WTA/status/2061045550053470450" social-type="twitter" /][p]Cirstea dominated the ‌opening set, breaking twice to ​surge into a 5-1 lead. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wang-xinyu-2001/8jMJmh84/"]Wang[/a] fought back from 5-2 down to force a tiebreak where Cirstea found a second wind to win ⁠in 84 ⁠minutes.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/cirstea-s-fBPsm3Iq/wang-xiy-6XSnpS5h/?mid=lY9BTfwn"]Check out the match stats here[/a][/b].[/p]