Simona Halep (17 WTA) prevailed against the player from Ukraine, Marta Kostyuk (58 WTA) , with a score of 7-6(2), 6-1, in the second round of the Indian Wells tournament .
The Roland Garros and Wimbledon champion prevailed over Kostyuk after one hour and 34 minutes.
Simona Halep started the duel with the player from Ukraine slowly. Simona lost on her own serve with a score of 1-2, but recovered immediately, and her opponent could not break away on the scoreboard. The first set continued extremely balanced and reached the tie-break, where our champion played an impeccable game and prevailed 7-2.
The second set was much more relaxed for Simona. Halep got the first break on her opponent’s first serve, and after a few exchanges of serves, Halep also managed the second break, which she confirmed by winning the duel with Kostyuk.
In the third round, Simona will duel with the winner of the duel between Emma Răducanu and Aliaksandra Sasnovich.
Halep – Kostyuk 7-6(2), 6-1
UPDATE 00:10 Halep – Kostyuk 7-6(2), 6-1 : Game, set, match!
UPDATE 00:06 Halep – Kostyuk 7-6(2), 5-1 Halep manages another fantastic break against the Ukrainian who cannot recover from 40-15
UPDATE 00:02 Halep – Kostyuk 7-6(2), 4-1Simona makes an excellent range and closes at 15.
UPDATE 23:58 Halep – Kostyuk 7-6(2), 3-1 The player from Ukraine wins the first game in the second set after closing at 30.
UPDATE 23:53: Halep – Kostyuk 7-6(2), 3-0Simona confirms the previously won break and takes an important step towards qualifying for the third round.
UPDATE 23:50: Halep – Kostyuk 7-6(2), 2-0 After a long game, intensely contested with advantages, Simona manages the break.
UPDATE 23:46: Halep – Kostyuk 7-6(2), 1-0Simona starts the second set right away.
UPDATE 23:37 Halep – Kostyuk 7-6(2) Simona prevails in the tie-break with 7-2 and wins the first set of the confrontation with Kostyuk.Â
UPDATE 23:31 Halep – Kostyuk 6-6 Simona manages to send the first set to the tiebreak.
UPDATE 23:28 Halep – Kostyuk 5-6 Our champion reaches the third game without a point won.
UPDATE 23:26 Halep – Kostyuk 5-5 Simona does not capitulate and manages to send the first set to overtime after closing the game at 30 .
UPDATE 23:22 Halep – Kostyuk 4-5 The player from Ukraine makes the second white game. Halep must win the next game to stay in the game in the first set of the match.
UPDATE 23:20 Halep – Kostyuk 4-4 Simona manages to come back spectacularly from 0-30 and win the game.
UPDATE 23:15 Halep – Kostyuk 3-4 Kostyuk wins the game at 30 on his own serve.
UPDATE 23:11 Halep – Kostyuk 3-3 Simona confirms the break and restores the equality of the game.
UPDATE 23:07 Halep – Kostyuk 2-3Â Simona manages to recover the break immediately and does not give her opponent a chance to break free.
