Simona Halep sweeps aside Paula Badosa Gibert 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in Madrid on Saturday after playing a superlative match to play Cori Gauff in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes. Halep won this tournament twice in 2016 and 2017. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Highlights Simona Halep vs. Paula Badosa Gibert Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Halep
Gibert
6-3 6-1
1h:16
62
62
Total points
41
41
27
27
Winners
17
17
44%
44%
Ratio Winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
1
1
0
0
Double Faults
4
4
65%
65%
1st in
61%
61%
84%
84%
1st won
52%
52%
27/32
27/32
1st won
17/33
17/33
41%
41%
2nd won
43%
43%
7/17
7/17
2nd won
9/21
9/21
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
Total
1/7
1/7
50%
50%
Won
14%
14%
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At the end of the match, Halep scored 62 points vs. Paula’s 41.

Halep

The Romanian served pretty well to win 84% of the points (27/32) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 41% points (7/17) on her second serve. The Romanian was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured (5/10).

Badosa

On the other side, Paula was battling in converting her break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Halep and Badosa is 1-0

for Simona.

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

Halep will take on Gauff in the 3rd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Simona Halep and Cori Gauff square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Halep won 6-3 6-4 in the 3rd round in Indian Wells back in March 2022.

Live score progression and stats

Halep got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Paula Badosa Gibert in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for Halep to win the set since the Spaniard found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. Simona kept her cool to break Badosa in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

The Spaniard was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-3 to 6-3.

The Romanian converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Paula converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4th game (1-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 58 points. Halep was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than the Spaniard (32-26). Halep dropped 11 points on serve (17-11). on the other side of the court, the Spaniard conceded 15 points on serve (15-15).

Halep got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Paula Badosa Gibert in the 2nd

game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Simona reinforced her lead after breaking the Spaniard in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).

There was an important spell in this set when Simona won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.

Simona converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (5-0 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Badosa wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (1-5 30-40).

They played 45 points. The Romanian conquered the set after winning 15 points more than the Spaniard (30-15). The Romanian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (17-4). On the other side, Badosa conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).

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