In a battle of former world no.1 Simona Halep gets by Garbine Muguruza 6-3 4-6 6-4 in the semifinal in Rome on Sunday. Halep will play Karolina Pliskova or Marketa Vondrousova in the final.
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Halep conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Muguruza in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, that was not enough for the Romanian to win the set since Muguruza found the way to break back in the 8th (3-5) game. Simona kept her focus to break Garbine in the 9th (6-3) game.
Simona converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Spaniard converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40), the 4th (1-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 0-40).
They played 56 points. Halep won 6 more points than Garbine (31-25). The Romanian surrendered 11 points on serve (14-11). on the other side of the net, Muguruza conceded 17 points on serve (14-17).
The Spaniard won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4th (1-3) and in the 6th (2-4) game, The Spaniard broke back 3 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game to win the set 6-4.
The Romanian was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-4 to 6-4.
Muguruza converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (1-3 30-40), the 6th (2-4 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). Also, on the other side, Halep converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A).
Halep started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Muguruza in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Anyhow, there was more work to do for Simona to win the set as the Spaniard found the way to break back in the 5th (1-4), in the 7th (2-5) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Simona maintained her focus to break Garbine in the 6th (5-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game.
The Romanian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 30.
There was an important spell in this set when Simona won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
Simona converted 44% of her break points (4/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (4-1 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Garbine converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 5th (0-4 40-A), the 7th (1-5 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 0-40).
They contested 65 points. Simona won 5 more points than the Spaniard (35-30). The Romanian dropped 18 points on serve (15-18). on the other side of the net, Muguruza conceded 20 points on serve (12-20).
Stats: aces, double faults and breaks
At the end of the match, Halep scored 97 points vs. Garbine’s 94.
The Romanian was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (9/18). On the other side, Garbine was battling in converting her break points (only 47% – 7/15). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Halep and Muguruza is 3-4 for Garbine.
Highlights Simona Halep vs. Garbine Muguruza Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Draw and next match H2H: Simona Halep vs. Karolina Pliskova or Marketa Vondrousova – stats
Halep will come up against either Karolina Pliskova or Marketa Vondrousova in the final. The head to head is 7-4 vs. Karolina Pliskova and 0-2 vs. Marketa Vondrousova.
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Simona HalepHalep – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (6-3 4-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (0-1) – H2H details and stats
