Simona Halep trashes Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-0 7-5 in the 1st round in Madrid on Friday after playing a great match to square off with Saisai Zheng in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 23 minutes. Halep won this tournament twice in 2016 and 2017. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Halep's Record

The Romanian added to her prize money € 7,345 after winning this match. She has won already € 20,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Halep will add € 14,048 to her earnings to get in total € 34,048 in total.

Highlights Simona Halep vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Halep
Tormo
6-0 7-5
1h:23
66
66
Total points
40
40
22
22
Winners
18
18
33%
33%
Ratio Winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
0
0
1
1
Double Faults
4
4
74%
74%
1st in
70%
70%
65%
65%
1st won
43%
43%
22/34
22/34
1st won
18/42
18/42
58%
58%
2nd won
28%
28%
7/12
7/12
2nd won
5/18
5/18
-- Break Points --
7/13
7/13
Total
3/5
3/5
54%
54%
Won
60%
60%
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At the end of the match, Halep scored 66 points vs. the Spaniard’s 40.

Halep

Simona was sharp when converting 54% of the break points that she procured (7/13).

Sorribes Tormo

On the other side, Sara didn’t lose the concentration in converting 60% of the break points that she procured points (3/5). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Halep and Sorribes Tormo is 2-0 for Simona.

Draw and next match H2H: Simona Halep vs. Saisai Zheng – stats

Halep will compete against Zheng in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Simona Halep and Saisai Zheng fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they played, Halep won 7-5 6-0 in the 2nd round in London back in 2018.

Live score progression and stats

This set was a no-contest as Simona conceded no games to the Spaniard before winning the set 6-0.

Simona converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 40-A) and the 5th game (4-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Romanian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 39 points. Simona was the winner of the set after clinching 15 more points than Sorribes Tormo (27-12). Simona was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (12-3). on the other side of the court, the Spaniard conceded 15 points on serve (9-15).

Halep commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Zheng in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, that was not enough for Simona to win the set since Sara succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1), in the 8th (3-5) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Simona kept her cool to break Sorribes Tormo in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

A crucial moment of this set was when Simona won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to convert the game count from 1-1 to 5-1. Anyhow also the Spaniard won 4 consecutive games from 1-5 to 5-5

Halep converted 50% of her break points (4/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 5th (3-1 0-40), the 9th (5-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th

game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Spaniard converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40), the 7th (2-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40).

They contested 67 points. Simona was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than Sara (39-28). Simona lost 14 points on serve (17-14). On the other side, Sara conceded 22 points on serve (14-22).

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