Halep defeats Pegula in the semifinal of the National Bank Open. HIGHLIGHTS – TORONTO RESULTS

NATIONAL BANK OPEN - TORONTO DRAW AND RESULTS. Halep victorious over Pegula to fight against Beatriz Haddad Maia in the final

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Jessica Pegula

Simona Halep wins against Jessica Pegula 2-6 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in Toronto on Saturday. Halep will face off with Beatriz Haddad Maia in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 12 minutes. The Romanian won this tournament twice in 2016 and 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Highlights Simona Halep vs. Jessica Pegula National Bank Open – Toronto

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Halep
Pegula
Simona Halep
2-6 6-3 6-4
2h:12
Jessica Pegula
95
95
Total points
92
92
36
36
Winners
29
29
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
32%
32%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
3
3
10
10
Double Faults
2
2
60%
60%
1st in
65%
65%
59%
59%
1st won
53%
53%
36/61
36/61
1st won
29/55
29/55
44%
44%
2nd won
50%
50%
18/41
18/41
2nd won
15/30
15/30
-- Break Points --
5/13
5/13
Total
5/17
5/17
38%
38%
Won
29%
29%
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At the end of the match, the Romanian scored 95 points vs. Pegula’s 92.

Halep

Simona won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points since she converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities.

Pegula

On the other side, Jessica had some problems converting her break points (only 29% – 5/17). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Halep and Pegula is 1-0 for Simona.

Draw and next match H2H: Simona Halep vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia – stats

Halep will come up against Haddad Maia in the final.

This will be the 4th time that Simona Halep and Beatriz Haddad Maia clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Halep (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Haddad Maia won 6-3 2-6 6-4 in the semifinal in Birmingham back in June 2022.

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Live score progression and stats

Jessica in this set stepped up in a great fashion to overplay the Romanian and without too much hustling she won 6-2 after breaking the Romanian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.

A defining moment of this set was when Jessica won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.

They played 52 points. Pegula was the winner of the set after clinching 16 points more than the Romanian (34-18). The American conceded 9 points on serve (18-9). On the losing side, Simona conceded 16 points on serve (9-16).

Halep had a strong start of this set after breaking Jessica Pegula in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, there was more work to do for Halep to win the set since the American managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Simona maintained her cool to break Pegula in the 4th (3-1) game before winning the set (6-3).

Simona converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 4th game (2-1 0-40 and 15-40). Also, on the other side, the American converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (0-2 15-40) and the 7th game (2-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 59 points. Simona conquered the set after winning 9 more points than Pegula (34-25). The Romanian dropped 15 points on serve (22-15). In addition, on the other side, Pegula conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).

Halep had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Jessica Pegula in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, that was not enough for the Romanian to win the set since Pegula found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 8th (3-5) game. The Romanian kept her cool to break Jessica in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-4).

The Romanian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 15.

Certainly, a key moment was when Halep won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the score from 1-2 to 5-2.

Simona converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (2-2 0-40), the 6th (4-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Pegula converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 15-40).

They contested 74 points. Halep won 6 more points than the American (40-34). Simona surrendered 19 points on serve (20-19). On the losing side, Jessica conceded 20 points on serve (15-20).

 

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