Sorana Cîrstea was surprisingly eliminated in the first round of Roland Garros 2024.
Our athlete announced that she is forced to take a break after this match due to medical issues.
"It's quite complicated because, in order to heal my heel, I need to take a month off and I can't do that because I'm in the middle of the season. I've had this problem since February and I'm already a bit tired because I haven't been 100% for a few months and it's not easy to train, and not training properly, I'm not at the level I would like to be in matches.
But these are part of sports, of tennis, and I will probably take a break now, we'll see how long the break will be in the near future," Sorana Cîrstea stated, according to eurosport.ro.
Later, Sorana explained why she was eliminated by Anna Blinkova in the first round of Roland Garros.
"It wasn't a match I want to remember... I started well, 3-0. At 3-2, I felt the heel, which I've had problems with since February, somehow, I don't know, trying to reach a ball, and I felt like someone stabbed me.
And from there, it was a bit complicated because initially I got scared. Then I called the physio, he put a tape on me, I said, slowly, let's push through because it's an important tournament, even though I'm not 100%...
It was a match that I had in my hands, I had many opportunities, including in the deciding set, I had 6-5, 30-all, there I should have been a bit more careful, and in the tiebreak at 5-4 I made too many unforced errors, unacceptable for my experience," Sorana added.
