Simona Halep gets by Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-3 2-6 6-3 in the final in Toronto on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 16 minutes. This is the 3rd time Simona has won this tournament. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Highlights Simona Halep vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia National Bank Open – Toronto
Halep’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:16
At the end of the match, the Romanian scored 87 points vs. the Brazilian’s 81.
Halep
Simona was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that she procured (5/10).
Haddad Maia
On the other side, the Brazilian wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 44% – 4/9). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Halep and Haddad Maia is 3-1 for Simona.
This was the 24th career title for Simona. (see list of titles and finals). Haddad Maia remains with 2nd titles after she conquered the tournament in Nottingham 2022 and in Birmingham 2022. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Halep didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Beatriz Haddad Maia in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, the Romanian managed to stage a great comeback to break the Brazilian 3 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (4-3) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Haddad Maia was completely outplayed in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 0-3 to 6-3.
The Romanian converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-3 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (1-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). On the other side, Haddad Maia was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (3-1 40-A).
They contested 62 points. Halep conquered the set after winning 8 more points than the Brazilian (35-27). The Romanian surrendered 10 points on serve (15-10). on the other side of the court, the Brazilian conceded 20 points on serve (17-20).
Halep enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Beatriz Haddad Maia in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Beatriz extended her lead after breaking Simona in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Beatriz won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
Beatriz was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 30-40). On the other side, Halep wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (0-1 30-40).
They played 49 points. Haddad Maia won 9 points more than Simona (29-20). Haddad Maia dropped 8 points on serve (18-8). On the other side, Halep conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).
Halep was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Beatriz Haddad Maia in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, there was more work to do for Halep to win the set as the Brazilian succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Simona kept her cool to break the Brazilian in the 4th (3-1) game before winning the set (6-3).
Halep was spot on in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 4th game (2-1 30-40). On the other side, Beatriz converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 0th (0-1 30-40) and the 3rd game (0-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 59 points. Simona was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Haddad Maia (33-26). Simona lost 14 points on serve (23-14). on the other side of the court, Haddad Maia conceded 10 points on serve (12-10).
Simona Halep in Toronto |
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