TENNIS SCORES. Townsend upsets Halep in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK. Townsend upsets Halep to play Sorana Cirstea in the 3rd round

By
John Ross
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Prediction and head to head Taylor Townsend vs. Simona Halep

Taylor Townsend upsets Simona Halep 2-6 6-3 7-64 in the 2nd round in New York on Thursday. Townsend will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Sorana Cirstea in the 3rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Halep in this set was too good for the American and eventually she won 6-2 after breaking the American in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Taylor was powerless in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-2 to 6-2).

2nd set.

Townsend got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Halep in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, there was more to do for Taylor to win the set since the Romanian managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The American maintained her focus to break the Romanian in the 4th (3-1) game before conquering the set (6-3).

3rd set.

Townsend won the set after she broke Halep in the 5th (3-2) game. Halep tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Nonetheless, Taylor kept the focus before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 4.

Statistics

After this match, the head to head between Townsend and Halep is 1-3 for Simona.

Highlights Taylor Townsend vs. Simona Halep U.S. Open – New York

Townsend’s Interview

 

 

Next Match: Taylor Townsend vs. Sorana Cirstea – stats

Townsend will fight against Cirstea in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Taylor Townsend and Sorana Cirstea since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

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