Simona Halep had to win one of her gritty contests in Indian Wells.

The world no.1 had a hard time to tame her nerves and find a solution on a windy day during her quarterfinal against Petra Martic. After winning the opener, Simona recovered from a 1-4 deficit in the second set, but eventually, she fell at the breaker. Things got extremely complicated in the decider when Simona was 1-3 down. Once more, the Romanian sensation found her way to win the following 5 games and access to the semifinals. The final score was 6-4 6-7 ( 5) 6-3.

The wind was very frustrating. HALEP

Soon after the match, Simona confessed

“The wind was a bit too much. Everything I had today frustration way, it was because of the wind.

I wanted to do too many things. That’s why I couldn’t stay calm. I panicked a little bit. But, you know, you have just to keep the ball in play and just trying to find the angles…. You have to see where the wind is going because you can be helped by the wind a little bit, but it’s really tough.”

Simona will face either Naomi Osaka or Karolina Pliskova for a place in the final.