Garbine Muguruza knocks out Simona Halep from Australian Open
Muguruza will now look to clinch her third major title of the season against 14th-seeded and American player Sofia Kenin.
Jan 30, 2020, 14:03 PM IST
Simona Halep thrashes Anett Kontaveit to reach Australian Open semifinals, goes shopping
Simona Halep needed just 53 minutes to thrash Estonian Anett Kontaveit 6-1 6-1 to reach the semifinals of the Australian Open on Wednesday, a whirlwind victory that gives the fourth seed more time to go "shopping". The two-times Grand Slam champion had not lost a set in her previous two meetings with Kontaveit and the quarter-final was no different, the 28th seed managing just one breakpoint on former world number one Halep`s serve.
Jan 29, 2020, 13:07 PM IST
Garbine Muguruza books a place in Australian Open semifinals, faces Simona Halep
Garbine Muguruza stormed back into the Grand Slam big time with an emphatic 7-5 6-3 win over Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to reach her first Australian Open semifinal on Wednesday. The twice Grand Slam champion will meet former finalist Simona Halep on Thursday for a place in the title match after another confidence-building performance at Melbourne Park on a sunbathed Rod Laver Arena.
Jan 29, 2020, 13:00 PM IST
Simona Halep, Angelique Kerber race into Australian Open fourth round
Halep will now square off with Belgian tennis player Elise Mertens in the next round.
Jan 25, 2020, 17:17 PM IST
Simona Halep to play in China Open despite back problem
Romanian tennis star Simon Halep, who was recently forced to retire from the Wuhan Open due to a chronic back problem, has confirmed her participation for this week's China Open.
Sep 28, 2019, 15:12 PM IST
Venus Williams makes first-round exit at Wuhan Open
Elsewhere, former US Open winner Sloane Stephens of America survived a scare against China's Zhang Shuai to book her place in the second round with 7-5, 6-4 victory.
Sep 23, 2019, 12:39 PM IST
Australia's Ashleigh Barty maintains top spot in unchanged WTA rankings
Czech's Karolina Pliskova is standing at the third place ahead of Romania's Simona Halep and Dutch tennis star Kiki Bertens in this week's unchanged top 10, Sport24 reported.
Jul 23, 2019, 10:25 AM IST
Wimbledon champion Simona Halep enjoys Romania's adulation
Halep, 27, became the first Romanian to win a Wimbledon singles title after stunning seven-times champion Serena Williams 6-2 6-2 in the 56-minute match final on Saturday.
Jul 15, 2019, 22:57 PM IST
Simona Halep storms past Serena Williams to lift Wimbledon title
The 27-year-old hardly broke a sweat as she eased past Williams 6-2, 6-2 in a one-sided final of the women's singles event that lasted just 56 minutes.
Jul 13, 2019, 20:09 PM IST
Serena Williams and Simona Halep chase milestones in Wimbledon final
No matter who wins the title decider on Centre Court, the one thing for certain is that it will be a historic occasion.
Jul 12, 2019, 21:16 PM IST
Simona Halep eases past Elina Svitolina to reach first Wimbledon final
Halep had reached the last four without facing a seed and had been expected to be severely tested in the semi-final considering she had lost four of her seven meetings against Svitolina.
Jul 11, 2019, 19:26 PM IST
Simona Halep steers steady path into Wimbledon semis
Seventh-seed Halep will now face either number eight seed Elina Svitolina or unseeded Karolina Muchova as she bids to reach the final for the first time having lost to Eugenie Bouchard in the last four in 2014.
Jul 09, 2019, 21:14 PM IST
Cori 'Coco' Gauff,15, loses against Halep to crash out of Wimbledon
Coco Gauff`s dream Wimbledon run came to an abrupt end on Monday when the consistency of seventh seed and former world number one Simona Halep proved a step too far for the 15-year-old American, who went down 6-3 6-3.
Jul 08, 2019, 21:13 PM IST
Cori Gauff faces toughest challenge at Wimbledon as Simona Halep awaits
The 15-year-old's popularity has soared off the charts in a memorable week at the All England Club.
Jul 08, 2019, 14:37 PM IST
Wimbledon: Halep and Azarenka set up battle of former world number ones
The nightmare will continue for one of them after the former world number ones set up a third round showdown.
Jul 04, 2019, 08:33 AM IST
French Open: ‘Old’ Halep counting on experience to tame teenager Anisimova
Having dismantled 18-year-old Iga Swiatek of Poland 6-1 6-0 in the last round, defending champion Halep faces a potentially tricky encounter against American Amanda Anisimova.
Jun 05, 2019, 10:43 AM IST
French Open: Simona Halep, Novak Djokovic storm into French quarter-finals
Of the top eight women`s seeds, only Halep, number seven Sloane Stephens and eighth seed Ashleigh Barty, who beat Sofia Kenin 6-3 3-6 6-0 on Monday, have reached the quarter-finals.
Jun 05, 2019, 00:02 AM IST
Karolina Pliskova hopes hitting with Simona Halep will pay off
The powerful Czech is being tipped as a potential champion this year after winning in Rome last week -- her biggest claycourt title to date.
May 24, 2019, 22:38 PM IST
Holder Simona Halep shrugs off expectations ahead of French Open
The 27-year-old Romanian enters Roland Garros as favourite for the title given the contrasting form of some of the top names, including Japan`s world number one Naomi Osaka.
May 21, 2019, 00:28 AM IST
Kiki Bertens stuns Simona Halep to lift Madrid Open title
Bertens looked dominant throughout the summit showdown as she eased past reigning French Open champion Halep 6-4, 6-4 in almost one and a half hour to lift the title.
May 12, 2019, 00:56 AM IST
