After Jaqueline Cristian took one other step towards a High 100 breakthrough on the Astana Open, she praised former World No.1 Simona Halep for uplifting a youthful era of Romanian gamers.
Cristian reached her third WTA Tour quarterfinal of 2021 on Wednesday with a 6-7 (3) 6-1 6-2 win versus eighth seed Clara Burel in a second-round match that lasted 1 hour and 58 minutes in Nur-Sultan.
Cristian, who will play Aleksandra Krunic in Kazakhstan on Thursday, mentioned the deeds of her compatriot Halep, a Wimbledon and Roland Garros champion, proved desires might come true.
“She is the one who began to point out us that it’s doable,” Cristian mentioned. “That provides you confidence.
“She is a good participant, and I at all times tried to study one thing from her. It’s actually motivating that somebody from Romania made it like that, as a result of it’s onerous.”
Cristian, who began the match at No.126, will depart Nur-Sultan with a career-high rating this week no matter what occurs the remainder of the best way.
Krunic continued her good kind from qualifying with a 6-4 6-3 victory over Kaja Juvan.
For Cristian, she has loved some encouraging leads to 2021 in her aim of securing a rating contained in the High 100.
After qualifying for the WTA 500 St. Petersburg Women Trophy in March, Cristian defeated former Roland Garros champion Jelena Ostapenko earlier than falling to a different main winner, Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Cristian additionally made the quarterfinals of the Palermo Women Open in July.
Earlier this month, Cristian reached the semifinals of a WTA 125 in Karlsruhe, Germany.
“The principle factor is to maintain myself wholesome,” Cristian mentioned. “I do know if I work onerous sufficient, I’m going to make it in the future. I simply wish to get higher on daily basis.”
