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- If she qualifies in the third round, Simona Halep will face the Russian Veronika Kudermetova (23 years, 36 WTA), who surpassed her compatriot Varvara Gracheva (20 years, 97 WTA), score 5-7, 6-2, 6 -2
liveTEXT »Simona Halep 2-1 Ajla Tomljanovic
Halep game, 2-0: Helped by a very good serve, Simona increases her advantage in this debut match. Halep led 40-0, but Tomljanovic won the next two points. Halep did not feel threatened and served excellently and closed the game.
Break Halep, 1-0: Simona breaks in the first game of the match. taking advantage of the opponent’s mistakes. Tomljanovic tried to hit long and serve hard, but when he led 40-30 he made two double errors and one unforced error, helping Halep win the game.
The match has started. Tomljanovic serves first
– Halep and Tomljanovic entered the field and began to warm up. The game will start in a few minutes.
– The players are still in the locker room waiting to enter the Margaret Court arena It is 29 degrees Celsius in Melbourne.
– Before the game, Simona was encouraged and received the last advice from her boyfriend, Toni Iuruc, as can be seen in the Eurosport images.
Simona Halep leads Tomljanovic 3-0 in direct matches, but her opponent offers fierce resistance every time. Two of the three matches ended in three sets: in 2018 at Cincinnnati (4-6, 6-3, 6-3) and in 2019 at Roland Garros (6-3, 3-6, 6-1). In 2020, in Adelaide, Halep won 6-4, 7-5.
Simona Halep clearly defeated Lizette Cabrera, scored 6-2, 6-1, in the Australian Open debut, and qualified without emotion in the second round.
Ajla Tomljanovic beat the Japanese Misaki Doi (29 years old, 82 WTA) in the first round, scored 6-2, 6-1, at the end of a match that lasted one hour and 13 minutes and in which the Australian took 6 breaks – Surrendering only once in his own service.
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