Simona Halep tuvo una extraordinaria demostracion de su alto nivel al superar a la sorpresa del torneo Anett Kontaviet y ser la primera clasificada a semifinales del Internazionali de Italia este viernes..
La rumana tomó la delantera 3-0 en el primera set, antes de permitir que Kontaveit se recuperara y lograra algunos puntos, pero Halep mantuvo su control para un categorico 6-2 en el primer set…
Halep comenzo el segundo con la misma determinacion del primero, pero la joven Stonia porque llego hasta estas instancias y se metio entre las mejores 8 del torneo. la numero 68 se mostro mas competitiva, pero la Campeona del abierto de Madrid, se mostro mas fuerte y en solo 80 minutos logro su triunfo.
Esta es la novena victoria consecutiva para Halep, quien en semifinales se enfrentara a la ganadora entre Daria Gavrilova y Kiki Bertens.
Simona Halep was in sublime form as she raced to a 6-2, 6-4 victory over qualifier Anett Kontaviet in the first quarterfinal at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia on Friday.
The Romanian shot to a 3-0 lead in the opener before Kontaviet was able to recover one of the breaks and get a game on the board. Halep remained in control however, bossing her opponent from the baseline and blitzing her way to the first set.
Halep opened the second set in the same vein as the first, with a break in the opening game, however Kontaveit wasn’t going to be tamed that easily and broke straight back. That was the Estonian’s last game until a couple of loose errors from Halep at 4-1 allowed her back into the match. The world No. 68 battled hard from the baseline to make the second set a more competitive affair but ultimately however, the Madrid champion proved too strong, completing the victory in 80 minutes.
“Today was a good match, but I can say that I could finish earlier in the second set. But I’m missed that short ball. It was so bad. I went a little bit down,” said Halep. “But she turn it a little bit around. She came stronger. She came back for few games, and she played really, really well.”
It was Halep’s 9th straight match-win and sets up a semifinal against qualifier Daria Gavrilova or No. 15 seed Kiki Bertens.