Monday, April 27, 2026, 12:12 p.m
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Jaqueline Cristian PHOTO X WTA
Romanian tennis player Jaqueline Cristian was beaten by world number one Arina Sabalenka of Belarus 6-1, 6-4 on Saturday night in the third round of the tournament WTA 1,000 in Madrid, with a total prize pool of $8,235,540.
Cristian (27 years, 33 WTA), number 29 seed, bowed out after one hour and 24 minutes.
Sabalenka (27 years old) also defeated the Romanian last month, in the third round at Indian Wells, with a similar score, 6-4, 6-1.
Jaqueline Cristian remains with a check of 54,110 euros and 65 WTA points, with which she climbed to the 29th position in the live rankings.
Thus, most likely, Cristian will enter the WTA Top 30 for the first time next Monday, the performance of his career, his best ranking so far being the 33rd position.
Sorana Cîrstea, seed number 25, was also eliminated in the third round by American Coco Gauff, world number 3.
