Sorana Cirstea
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Sorana Cirstea makes her debut at Eastbourne and could be a big hit on Centre Court with her impressive all-court game.
But her results in 2010 suggest that it will be a brief appearance at Devonshire Park for the Romanian.
Cirstea's best 2010 performance has been a run to the semi-final stages of the Estoril Open in Portugal.
However, during the 2008 grass court season Cirstea reached the second round at Birmingham and Wimbledon as well as the quarter-finals at Hertogenbosch in Holland.
She followed up with a reasonable 2009 grass court showing, with a second round defeat to Belgian Yanina Wickmayer at Hertogenbosch and a run to the third round at Wimbledon - beaten by the then in-form Belarussian Viki Azarenka
Reached first round at 2010 French Open.
Chances of winning | Unlikely to win but could cause problems for others if given the chance to get going on a surface that she enjoys playing on. Back-to-back victories would be a moral victory for Cirstea.
Factfile
Sorana
Cirstea
Date of
birth: 7 April 1990
Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania
Residence: Targoviste, Romania
Height: 5'9'' (176 cm)
Weight: 130 lbs (59 kg)
Turned Pro: 2000
Eastbourne record: Won 0 Lost 0