Mirra Andreeva beats Sorana Cîrstea in straight sets to reach French Open semifinal

Mirra Andreeva moved into the French Open semifinals on Tuesday with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Sorana Cîrstea in 56 minutes on Court Philippe-Chatrier. The 19-year-old eighth seed reached the Roland-Garros last four for the second time in three years after a match that turned one-sided almost immediately. Official match records listed the contest at 56 minutes, while tournament coverage said Andreeva was the first player through to the semifinal round. Cîrstea, the 36-year-old Romanian seeded 18th, was playing her first French Open quarterfinal since 2009. ### How one-sided was the quarterfinal in Paris? The scoreline was 6-0, 6-3, and Andreeva took the opening set without dropping a game. Roland-Garros said the Russian was “imperious” in the first set and then held off Cîrstea’s effort to make the second more competitive. WTA said Andreeva needed just 56 minutes to complete the win and improve to a tour-leading 34 match victories in 2026. The official Roland-Garros match page also recorded a 56-minute duration for the quarterfinal on June 2. ### Why is this run notable for Andreeva? Paris has now produced both of Andreeva’s Grand Slam semifinal appearances. WTA said this is only the second major semifinal of her career, and both have come at Roland-Garros in the past three years. Andreeva said after the match she was “super happy” to be back in the semifinals and “super happy” with how she played. Roland-Garros also cited her comparison with the pair’s previous meeting, which had gone three sets in Linz in April before Andreeva went on to win that title. ### What did this match mean for Sorana Cîrstea? Cîrstea arrived in the quarterfinals after one of the most unusual late-career runs in the women’s draw. WTA said she became the first woman in the Open Era to wait 17 years between quarterfinal appearances at the same Grand Slam when she returned to the last eight in Paris this week. The Romanian’s age also made the run stand out. WTA match notes said Cîrstea became only the third woman in the Open Era to reach the Roland-Garros quarterfinals after turning 36, and Sportstar reported she had said 2026 would be her final season on tour. ### Who does Andreeva play next? Marta Kostyuk will be Andreeva’s semifinal opponent on Thursday. Roland-Garros said the matchup was set after Kostyuk won the other women’s quarterfinal on Tuesday, guaranteeing Andreeva a meeting with the No. 15 seed for a place in the final. Sportstar reported that Andreeva said she believed she was mature enough to handle the atmosphere if the crowd turned against her in the next round against the Ukrainian. That semifinal places two of the remaining women in the draw one win from Saturday’s championship match. ### What are the key numbers from Andreeva’s run? The No. 8 seed has 34 wins in 2026, according to WTA, the most on tour this season. Her quarterfinal victory over Cîrstea was also the second straight-set win of the event’s second week after she continued a strong clay-court stretch coming into Paris. Thursday’s semifinal against Kostyuk is the next scheduled step in Andreeva’s tournament, with the winner advancing to the French Open women’s final at Roland-Garros.