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.
Highlights Simona Halep vs. Elena Gabriela Ruse Transylvania Open – Cluj-Napoca
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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.
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).
Tennis Scores in Cluj
- Simona HalepHalep – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Aleksandra KrunicKrunic (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Danka KovinicKovinic (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Polona HercogHercog (4-6 7-5 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Irina Maria BaraMaria Bara – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (7-62 0-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Jana FettFett (6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jaqueline CristianCristian – Kaja JuvanJuvan (3-6 7-68 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Bernarda PeraPera (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Andrea PetkovicPetkovic (6-4 2-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Ana BogdanBogdan – Ivana JorovicJorovic (7-61 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Anastasia GasanovaGasanova – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (4-6 6-0 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko – Andreea PrisacariuPrisacariu (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Lesley Pattinama KerkhovePattinama Kerkhove (6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Mona BarthelBarthel – Anna BondarBondar (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-2 5-7 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam – Alexandra CadantuCadantu (5-7 6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Simona HalepHalep – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Ana BogdanBogdan (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Mona BarthelBarthel – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Irina Maria BaraMaria Bara – Rebecca PetersonPeterson (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (1-1) – H2H details and stats