Simona Halep had a  good performance against the world no.126 Saisai Zheng. The Romanian managed to overcome in style the shock of being 3-5 down in he opening set to win 10 consecutive games an conquer the match with a telling 7-5 6-0.

What Simona had to do to win

Soon after the match, the world no.1 shared what she had to do to turn the match around. The Romanian commented “I stopped missing and tried putting less power on the shot to make her run. I just have to fight for every point.”

Next vs. Su-Wei Hsieh

Simona will face an Asian for the 3^rd consecutive time in Wimbledon to play Su-Wei Hsieh in the 3^rd round. The head to head is 1-0 for the Romanian.