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Sorana Cirstea defeated Jasmine Paolini 6-3, 6-3 — US Open 2026 R32.
Jasmine Paolini and Sorana Cirstea: Jasmine Paolini leads 2–1 across 3 recorded meetings.
The 16th seed is into the US Open round of 16 with three straight-set wins and no sets conceded, and the return game is why: Cirstea won 5 of her 9 return games while Paolini held just 4 of 9. The 19th seed got nothing from a first serve that yielded 51% of its points against Cirstea's 69%, and she gave back 25 unforced errors to 16. The closing break came in game 8 for 5-3, inside 74 minutes.