Swiatek vs Cirstea: prediction for the WTA Australian Open match

Iga Swiatek reached the round of 16 at Australian Open for two consecutive years. This year, Polish player will try to improve that result and she has a great chance to do that. 

Each of three Swiatek's matches at Melbourne were flawless. She beat all of her opponents by a 2:0 score on sets. In all of these matches Swiatek was not even close to a slump. Swiatek recorded victories over Dart (6:3, 6:0), Peterson (6:2, 6:2) and Kasatkina (6:2, 6:3). Overall, World No. 9 player suffered only one defeat since the start of the season - she was defeated by Ashleigh Barty (2:6, 4:6). 

A round of 16 at Australian Open is a huge result for Sorana Cirstea, a World No. 38 player. Romanian player managed to improve her best result (third round) and will collect some ranking points. 

In the first round Cirstea recorded a victory over Kvitova, who was in a poor form (6:2, 6:2). After that Cirstea outclassed Kucova (6:2, 6:2). In the third round she had a difficult match against Pavlyuchenkova, which was won in three sets (6:3, 2:6, 6:2). Cirstea was in a better physical form, which became a key factor in the decisive set.