Simona Halep bests Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-3 4-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in London on Wednesday in what was an all-Romanian match.
Match Report, stats, and key facts
1st set.
Halep had a strong start of this set after breaking Buzarnescu in the 1st game (1-0). However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the former world no.1 to win the set since the Mihaela managed to break back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (3-3) game. The Romanian kept her focus to break Mihaela in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
2nd set.
Halep had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Buzarnescu in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, the Buzarnescu managed to stage a great comeback to break Simona 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
3rd set.
Halep had a strong start at the beginning of the set after breaking Buzarnescu in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Simona to win the set since Buzarnescu succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) game. Simona kept her cool to break Mihaela again in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
At the end of the match, Halep scored 86 points vs. the Romanian’s 76 points.
Simona Halep was pretty focused in converting 64% of the break points that she procured (9/14).
On the other side, Mihaela was well focused in converting 67% of the break points that she procured points (6/9). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this contest, the head to head between Halep and Buzarnescu is 1-0 for Simona.
Highlights Simona Halep vs. Mihaela Buzarnescu Wimbledon – London
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Simona Halep vs. Victoria Azarenka – H2H and stats
Halep will square off with Azarenka in the 3rd round.
This will be the 5th time that Simona Halep and Victoria Azarenka face off. The head to head is 2-2 for Halep and Azarenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they squared off, Halep won 7-63 6-2 in the 4th round in London back in 2017.
Simona Halep in London |
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