Simona Halep (30 years old, 21 WTA) passed the first hop at the WTA 1000 category tournament in Rome after defeating the French Alize Cornet (32 years old, 39 WTA) with a double 6-4.
Simona Halep – Alize Cornet 6-4, 6-4. Simo passed the first hop at WTA Rome. The key moments of the game
Simona will meet in the second round Danielle Collins (28 years old, 9 WTA), who had a “bye” in the inaugural round.
- Simo won after one hour and 25 minutes.
- Halep has a title in Rome in 2020, but also played finals in 2017 and 2018.
Each player committed four double faults, but Halep served much better than Cornet. Halep finished with 15 direct winning balls, compared to 14 of her opponent, both having 24 unforced errors.
The first set started with three breaks, after which Halep took control and broke away to 5-1. The Romanian did not manage to end the set immediately, allowing her opponent to win three games in a row, but prevailed 6-4.
Simona Halep – Alize Cornet 6-4, 6-4. The sportswoman from France leads “directly”
In the second act, the debut was balanced, with two games on each side, but then Halep distanced herself to 5-2, but again she did not finish the accounts. Halep prevailed 6-4, after letting Cornet close.
Cornet is now 4-2 in head-to-head matches with Halep, having won the last three, including this year in the round of 16 at the Australian Open, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.
Our champion secured a check worth 13,176 euros and 60 WTA points, and in the second round she will face the American Danielle Collins (28 years old, 9 WTA), with whom she is tied in direct matches, 1- 1.
UPDATE Time 14:56. Simona Halep – Alize Cornet 6-4, 5-4. Cornet took advantage of his own serve and closed the gap in the second set.
UPDATE Time 14:53. Simona Halep – Alize Cornet 6-4, 5-3. Rebreak Cornet. Simona missed the chance to close the game with this range.
UPDATE Time 14:46. Simona Halep – Alize Cornet 6-4, 5-2. BREAK SIMONA. The very good shots, especially the short ones, took Cornet out of the game, who seems unable to respond at this point in the game.
UPDATE Time 14:44. Simona Halep – Alize Cornet 6-4, 4-2. Simona prevailed, quite clearly, also on her own serve and distanced herself in the second set.
UPDATE Time 14:39. Simona Halep – Alize Cornet 6-4, 3-2. BREAK HALEPOP. The lightest point obtained by Simona, who won at zero.
