Simona Halep breezes past Veronika Kudermetova 6-2 6-3 in the final in Melbourne on Sunday after playing a great match to win her 24th career title, the 2nd of this season. The match lasted 1 hour and 14 minutes. This is the first time that Simona conquered this tournament. She has never played this tournament so far.
Highlights Simona Halep vs. Veronika Kudermetova Melbourne Summer Set 1 – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Simona scored 62 points vs. Veronika’s 44.
Halep
The Romanian was sharp when converting 71% of the break points that she conquered (5/7).
Kudermetova
On the other side, the Russian was not so effective in converting her break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Halep and Kudermetova is 3-0 for Simona.
This was the 23rd career title for the Romanian. (see list of titles and finals). The Russian 2nd remains with 1 title after she conquered the tournament in Charleston 2021. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
The Romanian was much more effective than the Russian and finally she won 6-2. Veronika broke Halep in the 3rd (2-1) game. However, the Romanian broke her opponent in the 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (2-4) and in the 8th (2-6) game, but that didn’t stop her to win the set (6-2).
Kudermetova was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-2
to 6-2.Halep converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Veronika was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd
game (1-1 40-A).They played 49 points. Halep was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than the Russian (29-20). Simona surrendered 11 points on serve (16-11). In addition, on the other side, Veronika conceded 13 points on serve (9-13).
took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Veronika Kudermetova in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Halep refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Veronika in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Halep was spot on in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 15-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Kudermetova converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 3rd game (2-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 57 points. Halep won 9 points more than Kudermetova (33-24). The Romanian conceded 13 points on serve (22-13). on the other side of the net, Kudermetova conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).
Simona Halep in Melbourne |
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