Simona Halep tops Alexandrova in the 2nd round. HIGHLIGHTS – INDIAN WELLS RESULTS

BNP PARIBAS OPEN - INDIAN WELLS DRAW AND RESULTS. Halep gets by Alexandrova to fight against Cori Gauff in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova

Simona Halep topples Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2 4-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells on Friday. Halep will face off with Cori Gauff in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 47 minutes. Simona won this tournament once in 2015. Here you can see her history at this event.

Halep
Indian Wells
Halep's Record

Simona added to her prize money $ 24,270 after winning this match. She has won already $ 54,400 after this win. If she wins the next match, Halep will add $ 40,175 to her earnings to get in total $ 94,575 in total.

Highlights Simona Halep vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Halep
Alexandrova
Simona Halep
6-2 4-6 6-2
1h:47
Ekaterina Alexandrova
91
91
Total points
74
74
34
34
Winners
24
24
37%
37%
Ratio Winners
32%
32%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
2
2
5
5
Double Faults
14
14
62%
62%
1st in
48%
48%
71%
71%
1st won
57%
57%
34/48
34/48
1st won
24/42
24/42
48%
48%
2nd won
46%
46%
14/29
14/29
2nd won
21/46
21/46
-- Break Points --
6/9
6/9
Total
3/5
3/5
67%
67%
Won
60%
60%
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At the end of the match, Halep scored 91 points vs. Ekaterina’s 74.

Halep

Halep was pretty good at converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (6/9).

Alexandrova

On the other side, the Russian was sharp when converting 60% of the break points that she procured points (3/5). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Halep and Alexandrova is 3-2 for Simona.

Draw and next match H2H: Simona Halep vs. Cori Gauff – stats

Halep will come up against Gauff in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Simona Halep and Cori Gauff square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Halep won 6-3 6-3 in the 4th round in London back in 2019.

Simona Halep Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Halep started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Simona to win the set since Alexandrova managed to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. The Romanian maintained her focus to break Alexandrova in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Ekaterina conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

They contested 62 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Simona (34-28). Alexandrova dropped 12 points on serve (23-12). on the other side of the court, Halep conceded 11 points on serve (16-11).

Halep was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Halep to win the set as the Russian managed to break back in the 6th (2-4) game. The Romanian maintained her focus to break Alexandrova in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

Simona converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 5th (3-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Ekaterina was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 6th game (1-4 40-A).

They played 59 points. The Romanian conquered the set after winning 9 points more than the Russian (34-25). Halep conceded 12 points on serve (17-12). on the other side of the court, Alexandrova conceded 17 points on serve (13-17).

 

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