Well, what do you know! Sorana Cîrstea, our girl from Botoșani, is still flying the flag high in world tennis! At 36 years old, she sits at WTA rank 18 with 2,415 points after Roland Garros. Me, with my 2008 BMW, I feel old at 42, but she's like a Swiss watch - she never stops! For real, that's performance, not like that crazy guy from the block who brags about winning at betting. Sorana is at the highest ranking of her career at 36 - it's like fine wine, she just gets better!
But it's not all rosy. Jaqueline Cristian dropped to 38th, with 1,294 points, and Gabriela Ruse lost 13 spots, down to 88th, with 858 points. Hey girls, what happened? Maybe they forgot to hit the ball between salons and TikTok. Irina Begu climbed three spots to 208th, and Miriam Bulgaru dropped to 255th - that's life, sometimes you go up, sometimes you go down like the elevator in my building, which breaks down every month.
In doubles, Sorana is 79th, Gabriela Ruse moved up one spot to 85th, Jaqueline dropped to 98th, Irina Bara is 196th, and Monica Niculescu is 219th. Well, these girls do teamwork, but it doesn't shine as bright as singles. Maybe Sorana should give them a tip on how to ride the wave.
In the WTA Top 10, it's buzzing: Jessica Pegula climbed to 4th, Amanda Anisimova to 5th, Mirra Andreeva - the new Roland Garros champion - to 6th, and Elina Svitolina dropped to 8th. The leader is Aryna Sabalenka, with 9,090 points. Man, that woman is like a tank, nobody's moving her from there. But our Sorana is there, in the top 20, and I'm proud as a peacock.
Alright, I'm off to tell Brian: "See, bro, Sorana is 36 and killing it, not like you who sits on TikTok all day!" Maybe he'll learn something from a real Moldovan girl.
