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 | First semifinals for the Mugurusa season, Calep merciless17-02-2018 |
The 2014 champion Simona Halep (Romania) qualified for the semi-finals of the Doha (Qatar) tennis tournament with a prize pool of 3, 173 million dollars. Underweight number 2 Halep overcame Kathryn Bellis (USA) with 6:0, 6:4 for 82 minutes on the court.
The Romanian took the first set in half for half an hour, and in the second half twice in a break break, but still came to a decisive break for 5:4, then closed the match at his own serve.
For a place in the final, Halep will play against the fourth in the Garbie Mugurusa (Spain).
The Wimbledon champion, Muguruza, has reached his first semifinals for the season after turning Carolyn Garcia (France) with 3:6, 6:1, 6:4.
Garcia took the first set with a key break for 5:3, but after 1:1 in the second part the Spanish won nine of the next 11 games to equal the score and lead 4:2 in the third set. Until the end she took advantage and made a series of three wins for the first time in her fourth tournament of the year.