Simona Halep hustles 15-year-old and new tennis sensation Cori Gauff 6-3 6-3 in the 4th round in London on Monday. Halep will play against Zhang in the quarters
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Halep had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Gauff in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, there was more to do for Halep to win the set because Cori managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. The Romanian maintained her cool to break the American in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
2nd set.
Halep started the set in the best possible way after breaking Gauff in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Halep to win the set since Cori succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Simona kept her cool to break Gauff in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).
At the end of the match, Simona scored 68 points vs. Gauff’s 51 points.
Halep served very well to win 76% of the points (25/33) behind her first serve. Notwithstanding she won only 44% points (11/25) on her second serve. The Romanian won this match even if she had some problems in converting her break points because she converted only 42% (5/12). On the other side, the American had some problems in converting her break points since she converted only 33% of her break points (2/6). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Halep and Gauff is 1-0 for Simona.
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Next Match: Simona Halep vs. Shuai Zhang – H2H and stats
Halep will compete against Zhang in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Simona Halep and Shuai Zhang face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Zhang (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they squared off, Zhang won 6-0 6-3 in the 3rd round in Beijing back in 2016.
Simona Halep in London |
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