TORONTO. Superb Halep breezes past Kuznetsova in the 3rd round in Toronto

Simona Halep obliterates Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-2 6-1 in the 3^rd round in Toronto on Thursday after playing a superlative match to play Marie Bouzkova in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Halep conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Kuznetsova in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Simona managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Kuznetsova in the 8^th (6-2) game before winning the set.

2^nd set.

Halep was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Kuznetsova in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. The Romanian extended her lead after breaking Svetlana in the 4^th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

A crucial moment of the match was when Halep won 5 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

At the end of the match, Halep scored 62 points vs. Svetlana’s 43 points.

Simona won this match even if she was struggling in converting her break points because she converted only 40% (4/10). On the other side, the Russian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Halep and Kuznetsova is 5-3 for Simona.

Highlights Simona Halep vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova Rogers Cup – Toronto

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Next Match: Simona Halep vs. Marie Bouzkova – H2H and stats

Halep will play Bouzkova in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Simona Halep and Marie Bouzkova since this will be the first time that they will face off at pro level.