Simona Halep gets the better of Varvara Gracheva 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in Cluj on Thursday. Halep will face Jaqueline Cristian in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 14 minutes.
Highlights Simona Halep vs. Varvara Gracheva Transylvania Open – Cluj-Napoca
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:14
At the end of the match, the Romanian scored 63 points vs. the Russian’s 45.
Halep
The Romanian served pretty well to win 81% of the points (26/32) behind her first serve, and she won 56% points (10/18) on her second serve. Halep won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points since she converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.
Gracheva
On the other side, Varvara was effective at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (1/2). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Halep and Gracheva is 1-0 for Simona.
Draw and next match H2H: Simona Halep vs. Jaqueline Cristian – stats
Halep will come up against Cristian in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Simona Halep and Jaqueline Cristian since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Halep conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Varvara Gracheva in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Romanian to win the set because the Russian managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Simona maintained her focus to break Gracheva in the 5th (3-2) game before conquering the set (6-4).
They contested 62 points. The Romanian conquered the set after winning 8 more points than Gracheva (35-27). Simona lost 9 points on serve (18-9). on the other side of the court, Gracheva conceded 17 points on serve (18-17).
The Romanian in this set was in much better shape than the Russian and consequently she won 6-2 after breaking Gracheva in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
They contested 45 points. Simona was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than the Russian (28-17). The Romanian dropped 5 points on serve (17-5). on the other side of the court, Varvara conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).
Tennis Scores in Cluj
- Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Irina Maria BaraMaria Bara (6-0 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Mona BarthelBarthel (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Ana BogdanBogdan (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Simona HalepHalep – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko – Anastasia GasanovaGasanova (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Jaqueline CristianCristian – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (7-65 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Simona HalepHalep – Jaqueline CristianCristian (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (0-0) – H2H details and stats
