After a series of four consecutive defeats, Sorana Cirstea is looking to make a good tournament in Jurmala, Latvia, in order to increase her confidence in the game. She will meet in the first round Russian Valentyna Ivaknenko in the first match of Tuesday, starting at 13:00.

Sorana Cirstea

The 29-year-old Romanian player now occupies the 96th position in the WTA ranking at this moment, being close to descending from the first hundred WTA.The current season was rather inconstant for Sorana, the best result being the Nurnberg clay, where it reached the semifinals, and the clay was also the favorite game surface.He crosses an unsuccessful series with four consecutive defeats, without winning the second round at Roland Garros.

Valentyna Ivaknenko

The 26-year-old Russia player now occupies the 228th place in the WTA rankings, the highest position being the 168th place.He took part in most of his career so far in small-sized ITF tournaments, managing several important victories this season.In this tournament she had to win 2 qualifying tournament matches to join the main board, losing a set against Marie Benoit.

🎾 Direct meetings

The two players met once in 2016 on Mallorca grass, where Cirstea was clearly set 2-0 in sets.

🎾 What is the shape of the players in the last 5 games?

• Sorana Cirstea
• Last result: 4-6 6-4 2-6 vs Cristian
• Form: L L L L W

Sorana crosses a very poor period and is in great danger of leaving the top 100 at the end of this week, which is why she needs a stronger performance at the Latvian tournament.
He comes after four consecutive defeats, the last, painful, last week, even in Bucharest, against the 21-year-old, Jaqueline Cristian.
The strongest performance this season has succeeded on the clay in Nurnberg, managed to reach the semifinals.

• Valentyna Ivakhnenko
• Last result: 6-4 4-6 6-4 vs Benoit
• Form: W W L W L

At the age of 26, the athlete in Ukraine is a modest tennis player, with no results in the WTA circuit, never able to get into the top 150.
He was on the main board at Jurmala thanks to winning the qualifying matches, against some lower-ranked athletes.
The tournament in Latvia is the first on the clay this season where the Russian will be on the main painting.

🎾 News, analysis, statistics and ancnronics about the 2 players.

• He was 96th WTA.
• The highest was ranked 21st in 2013.
• He has a negative balance of 12 wins and 15 defeats this year.
• In 2009, he reached the finals of the Roland Garros finals, the best performance of his Grand Slam career.
• He has only one career title, conquered in 2008 in Tashkent.
• He is in 228 WTA.
• The best ranked in July 2018, at position 167.
• He has 15 wins and 14 defeats this year, mostly in challengers or ITF tournaments
• She was the No. 6 favorite on the qualifying board.
• No top 200 athletes beat this season.

Tennis Prediction of the Day Sorana Cirstea vs Valentyna Ivakhnenko

Sorana Cirstea is looking for a new victory after a long break, meeting a much more inexperienced player, which she won three years ago. Not surprisingly many top jockeys in this tournament, Sorana has the potential to achieve a remarkable result in gaining confidence in the game before the North American hardcore season, and a pretty clear victory is expected in this first round against a player inexperienced, with no notable results.

Prediction Today: Cirstea wins

Odds: 1.47