Simona Halep wins against Dayana Yastremska 7-5 6-4 in the 3rd round in Rome on Friday. Halep will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Yulia Putintseva in the quarter.
Live score progression and stats
Yastremska started the set in the best possible way after breaking Halep in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, Halep refused to bow to come back to break Dayana in the 5th (2-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
Simona converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 0-40) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Yastremska converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 2nd game (1-0 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 66 points. Simona was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Dayana (37-29). The Romanian conceded 9 points on serve (22-9). On the losing side, Yastremska conceded 15 points on serve (20-15).
Halep started the set in the best possible way after breaking Yastremska in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, there was more to do for the Romanian to win the set as Dayana managed to break back in the 4th (1-3) game.
The Romanian converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 0-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Yastremska converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 4th game (0-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 66 points. Halep won 8 more points than the Ukrainian (37-29). Simona surrendered 9 points on serve (18-9). In addition, on the other side, the Ukrainian conceded 19 points on serve (20-19).
The Romanian will add to her prize money € 18,555 after managing to win this match. She has won already € 37,910 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Romanian will add € 42,090 to her earnings to get in total € 80,000 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults and breaks
At the end of the match, Simona scored 74 points vs. Dayana’s 58.
Simona won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points since she converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Yastremska didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (2/4). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Halep and Yastremska is 1-0 for Simona.
Highlights Simona Halep vs. Dayana Yastremska Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Halep’s Interview
Draw and next match H2H: Simona Halep vs. Yulia Putintseva – stats
Halep will fight against Putintseva in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Simona Halep and Yulia Putintseva clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Halep won 6-1 6-4 in the 3rd round in Melbourne back in January 2020.
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Elena RybakinaRybakina (4-6 7-63 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-6 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Danka KovinicKovinic (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Simona HalepHalep – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova (7-66 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Polona HercogHercog (1-6 6-1 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Johanna KontaKonta (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Simona HalepHalep – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (0-3) – H2H details and stats
- Elise MertensMertens – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (0-1) – H2H details and stats
