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Simona Halep – Iga Swiatek, the Australian Open | What our champion says
Halep (29 years old), the second favorite, managed to win on Friday with 6-1, 6-3 against the Russian Veronika Kudermetova, serial number 32.
The “live” score between Simona Halep and Iga Swiatek is 1-1, but our athlete cannot forget too quickly last year’s scorching failure of Ronald Garros to score 1-6, 2-6.
“It’s a great challenge, because he crushed me at the French Open, so I have to do something better, play a better game against him. I’m confident, I’m here to do my best and we’ll see.”Halep said in the field interview.
“I have to do a lot of different things, because I didn’t get to play much against her at Roland Garros. It was a very fast match, she moved incredibly and hit hard. I will forget that match, I will talk to my team, I know what I have to do. I think I will. I will focus more on my game, on what I have to do. If I play my best tennis, I will have a chance “, Halep also said at the press conference.
“I was not surprised that he won in Paris. If I mean the game with me, he had all the data to win the tournament. I felt that the ball was incredible, I had the utmost confidence. I don’t think I was aware.” of what was happening to him, he did not think about “He just enjoyed the tennis he was playing and the victory was natural. I can’t improve on anything until the game with Swiatek, it’s just a day off. I have to be confident, mentally prepared and “I do my best. I know it will be very difficult because he hits very hard and he’s also very confident after winning Roland Garros. “, conchis Simona Halep.
Simona Halep – Iga Swiatek, the Australian Open | What the Polish athlete says
Swiatek (19 yrs, 17 WTA), the defending Roland Garros champion, passed Fiona Ferro (23 years old, 46 WTA), 6-4, 6-3, in one hour and 24 minutes.
The young athlete from Poland used big words towards Simona Halep, an impressive show of respect before the head-on. “A great player, a great champion!”said Iga Swiatek about “Simo”.
“I’ll play the best I can against Simona, that’s all I focus on, in the next match. I didn’t look at the photo, I didn’t want to push or have expectations. I said I’d take it match by match.” I think the match with Halep it will be different now. She is a great player, a great champion. Although I won the previous game and I won at Roland Garros, I don’t consider myself a favorite. I’m just playing against Simona. I will tell myself that I have nothing. “To lose and I will try to do everything I can. I think I played perfectly at Roland Garros, it will be difficult to be in that form. It will be a very difficult game.”Swiatek said, according to Eurosport.
“I feel much better than last week. I had high expectations back then and did not know how to handle the pressure of winning a Grand Slam. I learned my lesson. I approach matches differently, I forgot that I won at Roland Garros.” Here’s another tournament and I have to focus on each game individually. “, declared champion of Roland Garros 2020.
“I feel really good in Melbourne, better than New York. Obviously clay is my favorite surface, but we don’t have that many tournaments and I had to adapt. We spent so many months on the hard ground that I can say that soon will become my favorite surface “ Swiatek also testified.
Simona Halep – Iga Swiatek H2H
Halep and Swiatek have met twice so far, each achieving a victory in the eighth round of Roland Garros, in 2019 and 2020, respectively.
Simona halep (29 years old) was eliminated by Iga Swiatek (19 years) from Roland Garros 2020, in the eighth round of the competition, score 1-6, 2-6. Our athlete also crushed her opponent at Roland Garros, in 2019.
For Swiatek, the best performance in Melbourne is the eighth finals, which she reached last year, while Simona Halep has a final in 2018, and in 2020 she reached the semi-finals.
- Roland Garros 2019: Simona Halep – Iga Swiatek 6-1, 6-0
- Roland Garros 2020: Simona Halep – Iga Swiatek 1-6, 2-6
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