The first racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina for the first time beat Simon Halep and won the prestigious clay tournament in Rome WTA Premier 5 with prize money of €3,076,495.
The first set was not in favor of Svitolina – Kharkov’s made a lot of mistakes and could not stand the pace proposed Halep. During the party, the Romanian was leading with the score 5:2, then lost his serve, but in the tenth game has put the squeeze on the opponent from the Ukraine.
The second batch Halep began with a break – Svitolina hands fell, and immediately returned his serve. The initiative gradually began to move to the side of Elina. However, Halep fought to the last Romanian organized two back break, but with the score 5:6 made a triple set ball and get out of this situation failed.
The deciding set became easy prey for Svitolina – Halep due to problems with his ankle wasn’t her usual game, and Elina calmly did his job, finishing off her opponent in the sixth game.
Elina Svitolina in Rome issued the fourth title of the season and eighth in his career. Ukrainka is the best in WTA-round wins in singles, and the number of titles.
Victory in Rome made Svitolina sixth racket of the world. The Ukrainian once again rewrote personal and national record. In the title race WTA Svitolina after a perfect performance in the Italian capital, climbed to the first line, ahead of the Czech Carolina Pliskova on 315 points.
Simona Halep (Romania, 3) – Elina Svitolina (Ukraine, 8) – 6:4, 5:7, 1:6
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