Simona Halep beats Victoria Azarenka and reaches US Open semifinals for first time

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, WTA no. 2, made it for the first time to the semi-finals of the US Open after a hardly worked victory in front of Belarusian Victoria Azarenka. Furthermore, this is Halep’s best result at a Grand Slam tournaments this season.

Seen as the 2nd favourite to winning the trophy, the 23-year-old Romanian defeated Azarenka (WTA 20) for the first time in her career in three sets, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 and after two hours and 40 minutes. The match was interrupted for about 75 minutes due to rain fall in the fourth game of the third set, when Halep was down 2-1, but ahead on her own service, 40-15.

Simona played great in the first set during which she made her opponent run consistently across the court. However, things changed and turned the other way around in the second set which was claimed by the former world number who became more aggressive and pushy even if Halep came back twice.

The decider started with Azarenka on service and a game that lasted more than 10 minutes. The Romanian had three break points which were all denied by her competitor. Unfavourable weather conditions disrupted the clash while 2-1 for Azarenka but with Halep serving at 40-15.

After the break, Halep levelled the situation on the scoreboard, showed some more determination and won the set after letting her opponent decisively behind surprising her with an overwhelming number of winners, 40-38. Halep performed better also in terms of unforced errors, 19, compared to the 42 made by the Belarusian.

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In the Thursday semifinal, Simona Halep is set to meet Italian Flavia Pennetta, WTA no. 26th, who outclassed Petra Kvitova, WTA no. 4, in the quarters by 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Pennetta leads 3-1 in the direct matches with Halep. The Italian claimed all her victories before Halep jumped to fame in 2013. Their last confrontation took place at Miami Masters in March this year when Halep won 6-3 7-5.
Credit photo: By Tabercil [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Video: Simona Halep vs. Victoria Azarenka, quarter finals @ US Open 2015