Remarkable Halep crushes Gabriela Ruse in the 1st round. HIGHLIGHTS – CLUJ RESULTS

TRANSYLVANIA OPEN - CLUJ-NAPOCA DRAW AND RESULTS. Halep crushes Gabriela Ruse to compete against Varvara Gracheva in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Elena Gabriela Ruse

Simona Halep makes light work of Elena Gabriela Ruse 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in Cluj on Wednesday in what was an all-Romanian affair after playing a good match to deal with Varvara Gracheva in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 13 minutes.

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Highlights Simona Halep vs. Elena Gabriela Ruse Transylvania Open – Cluj-Napoca

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Halep
Ruse
Simona Halep
6-1 6-2
1h:13
Elena Gabriela Ruse
63
63
Total points
38
38
25
25
Winners
14
14
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
0
0
2
2
Double Faults
6
6
60%
60%
1st in
51%
51%
83%
83%
1st won
54%
54%
25/30
25/30
1st won
14/26
14/26
55%
55%
2nd won
40%
40%
11/20
11/20
2nd won
10/25
10/25
-- Break Points --
4/8
4/8
Total
0/1
0/1
50%
50%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Simona scored 63 points vs. Elena’s 38.

Halep

Halep served pretty well to win 83% of the points (25/30) behind her first serve, and she won 55% points (11/20) on her second serve. Simona was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that she procured (4/8).

Gabriela Ruse

On the other side, Gabriela Ruse wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Halep and Gabriela Ruse is 1-0 for Simona.

Draw and next match H2H: Simona Halep vs. Varvara Gracheva – stats

Halep will square off with Gracheva in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Simona Halep and Varvara Gracheva since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Simona Halep Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Halep was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Elena Gabriela Ruse in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Halep improved her lead after breaking Elena in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).

A defining moment of this set was when Simona won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to convert the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.

Simona converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 3rd game (3-0 15-40). On the other side, Elena wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 40-A).

They contested 46 points. Simona was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Gabriela Ruse (28-18). Halep lost 11 points on serve (19-11). on the other side of the net, Gabriela Ruse conceded 9 points on serve (7-9).

Halep in this set played at a much higher level than Elena and finally she won 6-2 after breaking Gabriela Ruse in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Halep converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Halep didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 54 points. Halep won 14 points more than Elena (34-20). Simona was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). On the other side, Elena conceded 18 points on serve (17-18).

 

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