Simona Halep became champion at Wimbledon, after a dream final with Serena Williams . Our great champion prevailed in two sets, score 6-2, 6-2, after only 55 minutes.
Simona Halep won everyone’s respect after her gala performance at Wimbledon. Tennis legends had words of praise for our champion, even those criticizing Halep leading up to Wimbledon.
Chris Evert, one of the people who didn’t manage Simona Halep at all over time, admitted that our athlete was up to the task in the final with Serena.
” She was brilliant. She was known as a give-it-all player, a defensive player, but she just took Serena’s game away. She had an answer for Serena’s strength, she understood how to return her serve. I think the movement was her main weapon in this match It is Serena’s heaviest defeat in terms of score in a Grand Slam final.
You could feel that Serena was in her own little world there, there was no hole in her game. It was remarkable that she closed out the match playing so well, because very often the players wake up and realize they “beat Serena” and Serena then attacks them. I’ve never seen anyone read Serena’s serve as well as Simona did ,” Chris Evert told ESPN.
What Chris Evert said about Simona Halep in 2018
Chris Evert, one of the greatest tennis players in history, had a harsh speech for Simona Halep after our champion was eliminated in the first round of the US Open by Kaia Kanepi.
” It was a shocking defeat! I picked Simona as the winner of the tournament, but, frankly, I made a fool of myself! I look at Simona, at Wozniacki, at Sloane Stephens and I see that very often after you win the first Grand Slam, you lose your hunger for results ,” said Chris Evert in 2018.
Aged 64, Chris Evert is a legend of world tennis. He was the WTA leader and held this ranking position at the end of 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980 and 1981. He won 18 Grand Slam singles titles and 3 more in doubles. The former US champion played no less than 32 Grand Slam finals, an absolute record. In total, Evert has 157 trophies in singles and 32 in doubles.
