Simona Halep beats Zhang in the quarter of Wimbledon

Simona Halep beats Shuai Zhang 7-6⁴ 6-1 in the quarter in London on Tuesday. Halep will try to go further in the tournament when she will face Elina Svitolina in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Zhang came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Halep in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, the Romanian refused to bow to find the way the comeback to break the Chinese in the 7^th (3-4) game before winning the set at the breaker at 4.

2^nd set.

Simona won the set after she broke the Chinese in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 6^th (5-1) game. That was enough for the Romanian to win the set because she didn’t drop her serve in the rest of the set.

Shuai was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1)

After this contest, the head to head between Halep and Zhang is 2-2.

Highlights Simona Halep vs. Shuai Zhang Wimbledon – London

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Halep’s Interview

Next Match: Simona Halep vs. Elina Svitolina – H2H and stats

Halep will take on Svitolina in the semifinal.

This will be the 9^th time that Simona Halep and Elina Svitolina square off. The head to head is 4-4 for Halep and Svitolina (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they played, Halep won 6-3 3-6 6-4 in the semifinal in Doha back in February 2019.