Simona Halep defeats Buzarnescu in the 2nd round of the Wimbledon

Simona Halep bests Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-3 4-6 6-2 in the 2^nd round in London on Wednesday in what was an all-Romanian match.

Match Report, stats, and key facts

1^st set.

Halep had a strong start of this set after breaking Buzarnescu in the 1^st game (1-0). However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the former world no.1 to win the set since the Mihaela managed to break back in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 6^th (3-3) game. The Romanian kept her focus to break Mihaela in the 5^th (3-2), in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

2^nd set.

Halep had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Buzarnescu in the 2^nd game (2-0). Yet, the Buzarnescu managed to stage a great comeback to break Simona 3 times in the 3^rd (1-2), in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

3^rd set.

Halep had a strong start at the beginning of the set after breaking Buzarnescu in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Simona to win the set since Buzarnescu succeeded in breaking back in the 5^th (2-3) game. Simona kept her cool to break Mihaela again in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 8^th (6-2) game.

At the end of the match, Halep scored 86 points vs. the Romanian’s 76 points.

Simona Halep was pretty focused in converting 64% of the break points that she procured (9/14).

On the other side, Mihaela was well focused in converting 67% of the break points that she procured points (6/9). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this contest, the head to head between Halep and Buzarnescu is 1-0 for Simona.

Highlights Simona Halep vs. Mihaela Buzarnescu Wimbledon – London

Halep’s Interview

Simona Halep vs. Victoria Azarenka – H2H and stats

Halep will square off with Azarenka in the 3^rd round.

This will be the 5^th time that Simona Halep and Victoria Azarenka face off. The head to head is 2-2 for Halep and Azarenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.

The last time that they squared off, Halep won 7-6³ 6-2 in the 4^th round in London back in 2017.