Sorana Cirstea faces daughter of former Romanian tennis player

Romanian professional tennis player Sorana Cîrstea will face American Mary Stoiana on November 5 in the Hong Kong WTA 250 tournament. The match is scheduled for Thursday at 15:00 local time, with Stoiana being a former student of Texas A&M University and daughter of Val Stoiana, an accomplished Romanian tennis player who played college level tennis before becoming her brother's coach. Cîrstea reached the round of sixteen after defeating Maria Timofeeva in a three hour match on Tuesday to secure 4285 dollars prize money.