Romanian tennis participant Sorana Cîrstea stated she had a trophy stolen from her resort room in New York throughout her competitors within the 2025 US Open. Cîrstea gained the trophy on the Tennis within the Land match, an occasion on the WTA Tour and the final of the US Open Sequence, along with her victory within the Aug. 23 closing.
Cîrstea, after a first-round win in straight units, misplaced within the second spherical of the US Open singles to No. 11 seed Karolina Muchova. She and Anna Kalinskaya fell within the opening spherical of doubles in straight units to the American duo of McCartney Kessler and Peyton Stearns
“Whoever stole my Cleveland trophy from room 314 at The Fifty Sonesta please give it again!” Cîrstea stated in an Instagram story. “It has NO materials worth, simply sentimental worth. It will be grately appreciated!”
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The Tennis within the Land win was Cîrstea’s third WTA singles title of her profession and her first since 2021. Cîrstea is the very best riser within the WTA rankings, up 41 spots to No. 71.
“We’re in shut communication with our valued visitor relating to the reported lacking merchandise,” the resort’s basic supervisor, Simon Chapman, stated in an announcement. “Our director of security and safety, a retired NYPD detective, is personally overseeing the investigation. We’re treating the matter with the utmost seriousness and proceed to work straight with Ms Cirstea.”
Cîrstea’s second-round exit from the US Open singles marked her finest end in a Grand Slam for the reason that 2023 US Open, when she reached the quarterfinal.
