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Simona Halep has two more matches leading up to the 22nd WTA title in her career. In the quarterfinals, Yulia Putintseva retired to the score of 6-2, 2-0 for the Romanian, due to injury, and the second player in the world qualified for the semifinals of the Rome tournament.
Romance meets Garbine Muguruza in the semifinals. The game will be live on Digi Sport 1, on Sunday, starting at 1:00 p.m.
The 17-time WTA Spaniard, a former world leader at one point, had tougher quarters than Simona Halep. Garbine Muguruza defeated Belarusian Victoria Azarenka (14th place WTA), and was the world leader, with a score of 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. As for Victoria Azarenka, in top form this season, she was a finalist at the US Open last week.
Thus, Simona Halep qualified for the semifinals of the tournament in Rome, after her opponent, Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan, the 30th place in the world, surrendered in the second set of the quarterfinal match. It all lasted 50 minutes.
The abandonment of the rival can leave the impression of some easy access of Simona Halep in the high phase of the competition. Cristian Tudor Popescu fights against this idea and praised, on Digi24, Simona Halep’s performance in the quarterfinals.
CTP: Tennis is not chess. Fitness is a weapon in the tennis arsenal
“This victory of Simona Halep against Yulia Putintseva is a good opportunity to clear up a wrong idea, not to call it stupid, which I hear very often and will see now, on the net: Sir, Simona didn’t win, she dropped that! I have heard it in many other situations! Whoever says that has nothing to do with tennis, sport or logic.
Fitness is a weapon in the tennis arsenal, such as serve, forehand, backhand, volleyball, or shorthand. It’s a weapon! Whether it works for you or not.
Of course yes, you can do what Putintseva did, play two matches for more than five hours, wearing a high-wear style, win them, beautiful, wonderful, but in the next match your body will fail, which what happened to Putintseva.
Or you can win both games in less than three hours, like Simona did, and in game 3 you have enough reserves to be strong.
The effort is not calculated in a game, on a tour. The physical condition of the player is calculated over the entire tournament and, furthermore, over her entire career as a high-performance athlete. I have seen countless talents over the years who have ruined their careers through repeated injuries.
Is this something unfair? That this is the idea: Sir, he was injured! Lord, it is abandoned! Not! It is very fair and simple, because tennis is not chess. Physical condition is an equally important parameter, if not more important, depending on the player, than the other parameters: the player’s psychology, mental strength or actual shots.
Therefore, Yulia Putintseva’s 6-2, 2-0 win over Simona is as valid as Friday’s win over Dayana Yastremska, or any Simona win, so I will say goodbye to her, without reservation. faced with such a victory, ”CTP commented.
CTP: I am impressed by the maturity that Simona has reached
“Both in Prague and in Rome, I am particularly impressed, of course, beyond all the qualities that we know and that we have discussed over time, I am impressed by the maturity that Simona has reached. She is very lucid, very controlled, he knows exactly how he is on the field. He evaluates his rival very well and always acts very well adapted, depending on what comes to him from beyond the net. In the match with Yastremska, for example, it was real. control and maturity lesson “In front of this young woman, a Ukrainian ‘bomber’ who tried to get close to her, intimidate her, hit her hard, break her, as they say, and Simona, with this remarkable maturity, made the bombs stand up again,” said the commentator of tennis.
We will see a very nice match in the semifinals. Muguruza – jumping beast
“In the semifinals, Simona Halep is going to have a difficult match, no matter who (at the time of the comment the result of the match between Muguruza and Azarenka – no) is still unknown, there are two beasts in full swing now. Both Muguruza and Azarenka are just as difficult, there is no choice between them. But Simona looks very good now, she is also physical, I see that she does not have moments of weakness, her hands, her legs are fine, her back, I have not seen her hesitate in any movement, so we will see, I think, a very nice match in the semifinals, “said Cristian Tudor Popescu on Digi24.
Raluca Olaru, absolutely remarkable performance
He also wanted to congratulate Raluca Olaru, who “took revenge” on Simona, because Simona and Dayana Yastremska lost without appealing to the Japanese Aoyama and Shibahara, whom he now defeated Raluca Olaru. together with Anna-Lena Friedsam from Germany. “They made a very close pair and beat the Japanese, now evolving in the doubles final in Rome, which is an absolutely remarkable performance,” CTP said.
Raluca Olaru classified in the second doubles final this year. After the loss in Prague to Monica Niculescu, Olaru has a chance to win the trophy in Rome. It would be the 10th WTA doubles title of her career. Raluca and the German Anna-Lena Friedsam will have a difficult mission against stunt specialists Su-Wei Hsieh and Barbora Strycova. The game starts on Sunday at 4:00 p.m., live on Digi Sport 4.
What does Simona Halep say about the semi-final match of the tournament in Rome?
“It was not the end of a game that we always wanted, because an injury is difficult for any player. I feel sorry for her, but she is also tired, she played very well at the US Open and yesterday (Friday, no) she played a very long match. From my point of view, I played very good tennis, I was also aggressive, but I also picked up the ball when I had to, the serve was very good. I will take the positive and I am very happy to have felt the field much better than in the game yesterday, “said Simona Halep after qualifying for the semifinals in Rome and the abandonment of Yulia Putintseva.
Passionate about tennis, Simona Halep did not leave the locker room on Saturday, after the abandonment of her opponent in the quarterfinals – she called coach Darren Cahill to the field with whom she has already started preparing for the semifinal on Sunday.
“I hit the ball a bit, because I didn’t play much and Yulia changed the rhythm a lot and the ball didn’t reach me as it will come tomorrow (Sunday – no). Tomorrow is a different style, very strong, so I tried to train a little. that awaits me tomorrow ”, explained Simona Halep.
Simona Halep, double finalist in Rome (2017, 2018), and Garbine Mugurza have met six times so far, the balance being favorable for the Iberian. However, Simona Halep won the only two matches played with scum.
His last duel was this year, in the semifinals of the Australian Open, the victory went to the Spanish, in two sets (7-6, 7-5).
Editor: Luana Pavaluca
