Halep is the first to book spot in second round in Toronto
Play in Toronto is underway, as Simona Halep is the first woman to advance in the main draw with a victory over Donna Vekic on Monday. Halep dropped only two games in the match.
Simona Halep, Toronto 2022 | © AI / Reuters / Panoramic
Romanian Simona Halep, the No 15 seed, defeated Croatian lucky loser Donna Vekic 6-0, 6-2 to move into the second round of the National Bank Open at the Aviva Centre in Toronto on Monday afternoon. Halep lost only eight points in the entire first set.
Halep will play the winner of the match between Chinese Shuai Zhang and Spaniard Cristina Bucsa next.
“The way I played gives me confidence,” the world No 15 commented. “It’s not about the result; more about how I played. I played fast, I’ve been aggressive; that’s what I try to do every day.”
Toronto WTA 1000, other first-round matches (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 2.527.250, most recent results first):
- Jil Teichmann vs. Venus Williams
- Shuai Zhang vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Madison Brengle vs. Coco Gauff
- Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Claire Liu
- Camila Giorgi vs. Emma Raducanu
- Anna Bondar vs. Elise Mertens
- Rebecca Marino vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Amanda Anisimova vs. Carol Zhao
- Kaia Kanepi vs. Naomi Osaka
- Belinda Bencic vs. Tereza Martincova
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
- Storm Sanders vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Katherine Sebov vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Petra Kvitova vs. Alison Riske-Amritraj
- Asia Muhammad vs. Madison Keys
- Alize Cornet vs. Caroline Garcia
- Sloane Stephens vs. Sofia Kenin
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Karolina Pliskova
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Serena Williams
- Elena Rybakina vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Martina Trevisan
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