Sorana cirstea win's over karolina pliskova into 2017 China open

BEIJING, China 
Sorana Cirstea of Romania claimed her first victory against a Top 5 player in over four years when she upset Czech No.4 seed Karolina Pliskova, 6-1, 7-5, in the third round of the China Open on Thursday.

"I didn’t think about her ranking, I just focused on my game today," said Cirstea during her post-match press conference. "I’ve been playing well lately, it’s just that probably results didn’t come as quick as I hoped. But I was working well lately, and doing the right things, and I always say that hard work will pay off in the end."