Simona Halep breezes past Elena Gabriela Ruse 6-2 6-1 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday in what was an all-Romanian affair after playing a superlative match to come up against Viktorija Golubic in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 1 minute.
Highlights Simona Halep vs. Elena Gabriela Ruse Melbourne Summer Set 1 – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:01
At the end of the match, Simona scored 53 points vs. Gabriela Ruse’s 29.
Halep
Halep didn’t lose the concentration in converting 70% of the break points that she procured (7/10).
Gabriela Ruse
On the other side, Elena didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (2/4). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Halep and Gabriela Ruse is 2-0 for Simona.
Draw and next match H2H: Simona Halep vs. Viktorija Golubic – stats
Halep will compete against Golubic in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Simona Halep and Viktorija Golubic play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Halep won 6-3 1-6 6-1 in the Rubber 1 in 1 back in 2018.
Live score progression and stats
Halep had a favorable start in this set after breaking Elena Gabriela Ruse in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Simona to win the set as Gabriela Ruse found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 6th (2-4) game. Simona maintained her cool to break Gabriela Ruse in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).
Halep was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 5th (3-1 0-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Gabriela Ruse converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (1-4 15-40).
They played 46 points. Simona won 12 points more than Elena (29-17). Simona surrendered 12 points on serve (12-12). On the other side, Elena conceded 17 points on serve (5-17).
Halep won the set after she broke Elena 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.
Elena had no answers in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 0-1 to 6-1.
Simona converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 5th (3-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 0-40). On the other side, Simona didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 36 points. Simona conquered the set after winning 12 points more than Elena (24-12). Halep surrendered 5 points on serve (12-5). on the other side of the net, Gabriela Ruse conceded 12 points on serve (7-12).
Tennis Scores in Melbourne
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Lesley Pattinama KerkhovePattinama Kerkhove (6-3 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Andrea PetkovicPetkovic – Clara BurelBurel (7-5 2-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Ana KonjuhKonjuh – Kaia KanepiKanepi (6-2 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva (5-7 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Madison BrengleBrengle (6-0 3-6 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Maryna ZanevskaZanevska (6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Anna BondarBondar (6-4 6-74 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Simona HalepHalep – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Andrea PetkovicPetkovic (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ana KonjuhKonjuh – Qinwen ZhengZheng (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Simona HalepHalep (0-1) – H2H details and stats
