Merciless Halep extinguishes Cirstea in the 4th round of the BNP Paribas Open. HIGHLIGHTS – INDIAN WELLS RESULTS

BNP PARIBAS OPEN - INDIAN WELLS DRAW AND RESULTS. Halep exterminates Cirstea to play Petra Martic in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Sorana Cirstea

Simona Halep sweeps aside Sorana Cirstea 6-1 6-4 in the 4th round in Indian Wells on Tuesday in what was an all-Romanian match after playing a superlative match to square off with Petra Martic in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes. Simona won this tournament once in 2015. Here you can see her history at this event.

Halep
Indian Wells
Halep's Record

Halep added to her prize money $ 85,365 after winning this match. She has won already $ 179,940 after this win. If she wins the next match, Simona will add $ 164,045 to her earnings to get in total $ 343,985 in total.

Highlights Simona Halep vs. Sorana Cirstea BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Halep
Cirstea
Simona Halep
6-1 6-4
1h:22
Sorana Cirstea
68
68
Total points
48
48
22
22
Winners
20
20
32%
32%
Ratio Winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
0
0
4
4
Double Faults
1
1
47%
47%
1st in
70%
70%
79%
79%
1st won
50%
50%
22/28
22/28
1st won
20/40
20/40
48%
48%
2nd won
35%
35%
15/31
15/31
2nd won
6/17
6/17
-- Break Points --
5/6
5/6
Total
1/5
1/5
83%
83%
Won
20%
20%
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At the end of the match, Halep scored 68 points vs. Sorana’s 48.

Halep

Halep served very well to win 79% of the points (22/28) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 48% points (15/31) on her second serve. Halep didn’t lose the focus when converting 83% of the break points that she conquered (5/6).

Cirstea

On the other side, Sorana wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Halep and Cirstea is 2-2.

Draw and next match H2H: Simona Halep vs. Petra Martic – stats

Halep will face Martic in the quarter.

This will be the 4th time that Simona Halep and Petra Martic square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Halep (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Halep won 6-4 6-75 6-3 in the quarter in Indian Wells back in 2018.

Simona Halep Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Halep HTML
HalepCirstea
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H
0
0
C
0
0

Halep had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Sorana Cirstea in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Halep reinforced her lead after breaking Cirstea in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.

There was a pivotal moment in this set when Halep won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0.

Halep was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 0-40) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A). On the other side, Cirstea wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (0-1 30-40).

They contested 49 points. Halep was the one to win the set after conquering 15 more points than Sorana (32-17). Halep surrendered 7 points on serve (15-7). on the other side of the net, Sorana conceded 17 points on serve (10-17).

2nd Set -
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0
0
0
0

Halep was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Sorana Cirstea in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, Simona succeeded in coming back to break Sorana in the 4th (2-2) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Halep converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Sorana converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 67 points. Simona was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Cirstea (36-31). Halep lost 15 points on serve (22-15). Regarding the other side of the net, Sorana conceded 14 points on serve (16-14).

 

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