Sorana Cîrstea defeated Yue Yuan and will play Iga Swiatek, former world number one, in the last 16.
Adrian Rusu
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Sorana Cîrstea scored an important victory in the third round in Cincinnati, beating China's Yue Yuan Yue after a match lasting almost three hours. The Romanian, ranked 138th in the world, will meet Iga Swiatek, who has a favorable head-to-head record, in the last 16. Qualification to this stage guarantees her a prize of 56,678 dollars, while a win over Swiatek would earn her a 50,000 euro bonus. In another match, Emma Răducanu was eliminated by Aryna Sabalenka after a three-hour battle.
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