Simona Halep - Johanna Konta, 7-5, 6-1, în turul 2 al Madrid Open Imprimare
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Marţi, 07 Mai 2019 18:13
            Simona Halep - Johanna Konta, 7-5, 6-1, în turul 2 al Madrid Open ...
                                

      Halep va evolua în turul următor, în premieră, cu jucătoarea de 20 de ani Viktoria Kuzmova din Slovacia, locul 46 WTA.

     

   Two-time champion Simona Halep of Romania notched a second-round win over Great Britain’s Johanna Konta at the Mutua Madrid Open on Tuesday, emerging victorious 7-5, 6-1 to move into the round of 16 in the Spanish capital for the fourth straight year.

    "I feel good every time when I come to Madrid and I'm happy to be back and winning matches," Halep told the press, after her win. "It's a special place for me. Many friends are coming."

    "It's nice to play in front of them and when you feel like home, you can play better," added Halep.

     World No.3 Halep, who hoisted the trophy in Madrid in 2016 and 2017, claimed a tense, streaky opening set before easing to victory over Konta after one hour and 28 minutes of play. Halep picked up just her second win over Konta in their five WTA main-draw meetings.

    3rd-seeded Halep played a clean match, with 19 winners to just 13 unforced errors, and broke Konta five times in 13 chances. World No.41 Konta, who reached her first-ever clay-court final at Rabat last week, blasted 24 winners but was undone by 34 unforced errors.

    "Today, I think it was a good match," Halep continued. "Both of us played very well and, in the end, I was a bit stronger mentally and I found a rhythm. So it was a good day and it is a good tournament for me always."

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