Simona Halep (23 WTA) qualified for the quarter-finals of the Dubai tournament , after defeating Gabriela Ruse (59 WTA), score 6-3, 6-2 , live on Digi Sport 2 .
Simona Halep – Ons Jabeur, Thursday, 17:00, LIVE VIDEO on Digi Sport 2, in the quarters in Dubai
The match lasted one hour and nine minutes. The two players were tied in terms of winning shots (6-6), but Gabriela Ruse committed more unforced errors (37 vs 25).
Simona Halep achieved her third decisive victory in as many confrontations with Gabriela Ruse, after the matches in Cluj Napoca (6-1, 6-2) and Melbourne Summer Set 1 (6-2, 6-1).
Simona Halep (30 years old) has 17 consecutive victories against players from Romania in the WTA circuit.
VIDEO Summary of the match Simona Halep – Gabriela Ruse 6-3, 6-2
In the quarterfinals of the Dubai tournament, Simona Halep will face the Tunisian Ons Jabeur (10 WTA), who achieved an easy victory today against the American Jessica Pegula (14 WTA), score 6-3, 6-1.
Halep and Jabeur have met twice before, and the score is equal. The athlete from Tunisia prevailed in 2018, Beijing, after the Romanian abandoned at the score of 6-1. Simona got her revenge in 2020, right in Dubai, in the round of 16. It was a marathon match, score 1-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7).
The match Simona Halep – Ons Jabeur was scheduled for Thursday, after 17:00, live on Digi Sport 2.
The draw for the quarter-finals in Dubai: Petra Kvitova – Jelena Ostapenko, Ons Jabeur – Simona Halep, Jil Teichmann – Veronika Kudermetova, Marketa Vondrousova – Dayana Yastremska.
Simona Halep – Gabriela Ruse 6-3, 6-2, on Digi Sport 2, in the round of 16 in Dubai
UPDATE 20:57 Simona Halep – Gabriela Ruse 6-3, 6-2. Final match!
