Simona Halep topples Nicole Gibbs 6-3 3-6 6-2 in the 1st round in New York on Tuesday. Halep will play against Taylor Townsend in the 2nd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Halep conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Gibbs in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for Simona to win the set because Gibbs managed to break back in the 6th (3-3) game. Halep maintained her cool to break Gibbs in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
2nd set.
Gibbs commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Halep in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for Gibbs to win the set as the Romanian managed to break back in the 6th (2-4) and in the 8th (3-5) game. The American kept her focus to break Halep in the 7th (5-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Nicole failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 40.
3rd set.
Halep was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Gibbs in the 1st game (1-0). Halep managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Nicole in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Halep scored 86 points vs. Gibbs’s 78 points.
Simona was effective when converting 54% of the break points that she conquered (7/13). On the other side, Gibbs had some problems in converting her break points as she converted only 42% of her break points (5/12). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Halep and Gibbs is 2-0 for Simona.
Highlights Simona Halep vs. Nicole Gibbs U.S. Open – New York
Halep’s Interview
Next Match: Simona Halep vs. Taylor Townsend – stats
Halep will compete against Townsend in the 2nd round.
This will be the 4th time that Simona Halep and Taylor Townsend face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Halep won 6-1 6-3 in the 2nd round in Miami back in March 2019.
Simona Halep in New York |
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