“A little door is always open”: Sorana Cirstea, into the Rome second week, hasn’t quite shut the door on staying

Sorana Cirstea advanced into the second week of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia after beating Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-3, 7-5. At 36 years and 28 days, she became the oldest player since 1975 to beat a world No. 1 on clay. She also became the oldest to come from a set down to do it.