Simona Halep booked her place in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon with a straight-sets victory over Paula Badosa.
Wimbledon At 1-1 there was a wobble for Halep as Badosa earned a break point but she pushed back to ride her first serious challenge of the match. Wimbledon
Paula Badosa tried to challenge Simona Halep at Wimbledon but she only managed 60 minutes on the court with the Romanian who won 6-2 6-1.
This matchup lasted only 60 minutes and it saw Halep largely dominate against Badosa who was forced into the defensive which she doesn't do that well. She was forced to overhit oftentimes but it didn't 'work. Simona Halep is playing on a very high level right now, one that could result in her winning the trophy as she did in 2019.
Simona Halep swatted Paula Badosa aside in an hour 6-1, 6-2 to create a mouth-watering Wimbledon quarter-final with Amanda Anismiova.
Her 6-2, 6-3 win over Tan was just as impressive as her hard-fought win over Gauff in the previous round. She even moved to the south of France and since then, has a renewed spring in her step. As she blitzed her way to victory, Mouratoglou was busy standing, fist pumping in familiar fashion. At the beginning of the year, she was considering hanging up her racket, disillusioned with the sport and wondering if it was really worth all the work to get back to the top. Her former coach Darren Cahill had urged her to spend some time there in the past, but she always held out. The Spaniard has rocketed up the rankings in the past year, winning the title in Indian Wells last October. Bold from the baseline, she had edged out two-times champion Petra Kvitova in a high-quality match in the previous round.
The Romanian beat fourth-seeded Paula Badosa 6-1, 6-2 on Centre Court to return to the Wimbledon quarterfinals and extend her winning streak at the All England ...
She finished with only nine unforced errors and saved the only break point she faced. - Jabeur back in Wimbledon quarters after topsy-turvy win over Mertens Simona Halep is living up to her status as the only former Grand Slam champion left in this year's women's draw.
Former champion Simona Halep marked her return to Centre Court on Monday with a scintillating performance to thrash fourth-seeded Spaniard Paula Badosa 6-1 ...
I'm pushing myself to do it as much as possible. It's a pleasure to be back here." "That's why I'm starting to play better and better. "I'm really happy with all that I've done. "It was the place that I wanted to be today. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com
In her return to Centre Court, former champion Simona Halep lost just three games in a Round of 16 win over No.4 seed Paula Badosa. She faces a familiar foe ...
Her best result was a second-round showing in 2019. She needed just 51 minutes to get past Katie Boulter in the previous round but could not get her unpredictable game going in the face of Anisimova's big striking. In 2019, Anisimova snapped Halep's 11-match Roland Garros win streak. Tan struck nine winners and 12 unforced errors, generating just two break points in the match. Halep, seeded No.16, returned to Centre Court on Monday for the first time since she held the Venus Rosewater Dish aloft in 2019, and dominated Spanish No.4 seed Paula Badosa from start to finish in a 6-1, 6-2 triumph. "Actually, I was more nervous yesterday than today," she admitted with a smile in her on-court interview.