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.

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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
6-1 6-4
1h:22
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.

Live score progression and stats

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).

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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