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  Germany's Angelique Kerber continues to lead WTA rankings

  Tennis | June 26, 2017 19:59 IST

  Simona Halep could become World No. 1 for the first time in her career after next week's Eastbourne Championships. Halep needs to reach the semi-finals in order to have a shot at the No.1 ranking.

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  'Carefree' Ostapenko to take on experienced Halep in French Open final

  Tennis | June 10, 2017 12:08 IST

  20-year old Jelena Ostapenko's carefree approach has helped her to storm into her first Grand Slam final where she will be up against the 2014 French Open runner-up Simona Halep.

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  Simona Halep routs Pennetta in opening match at WTA Finals

  Tennis | October 25, 2015 17:13 IST

  Singapore: Top-seeded Simona Halep defeated U.S. Open champion Flavia Pennetta 6-0, 6-3 to win the opening match of the WTA Finals on Sunday.Halep, last year's finalist in Singapore, raced to a 6-0 1-0 lead before Pennetta won a

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  US Open 2015: Flavia Pennetta makes 1st major final at 33

  Tennis | September 11, 2015 23:50 IST

  New York: Flavia Pennetta never made it past a Grand Slam quarterfinal throughout her 20s.She finally reached her first major semi at the 2013 U.S. Open at age 31. Now 33 years young, in her

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  Australian Open 2015: Sharapova to play Makarova in semifinals

  Tennis | January 27, 2015 10:14 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Maria Sharapova moved closer to another Australian Open title, set to face a fellow Russian in the semifinals who has never beaten her.Sharapova made all the big points look easy Tuesday in defeating

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  Australian Open 2015: Makarova 1st to semifinals, beats Halep

  Tennis | January 27, 2015 7:38 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Ekaterina Makarova raced to a 3-0 lead in the first nine minutes of the match and beat third-seeded Simona Halep 6-4, 6-0 in the first quarterfinal at the Australian Open on Tuesday.The win

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  Australian Open 2015: Halep through to quarterfinals

  Tennis | January 25, 2015 17:54 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Simona Halep advanced to the Australian Open quarterfinals for the second straight year with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium on SundayThe 23-year-old Romanian has moved through the first four

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  Australian Open 2015: Simona Halep advances to 4th round

  Tennis | January 23, 2015 13:36 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Third-seeded Simona Halep advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open with a 6-4, 7-5 win Friday over Bethanie Mattek-Sands.Halep twice served for the match at 5-2 and 5-4 but Mattek-Sands broke

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  Halep parts ways with coach after less than a year

  Tennis | November 07, 2014 8:57 IST

  Fourth-ranked Simona Halep has parted ways with coach Wim Fissette after less than a year.A statement posted on Halep's Facebook page Thursday said: "My collaboration with Wim Fissette will come to an end, following a

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  WTA Finals: Serena Williams beats Simona Halep to win title

  Tennis | October 27, 2014 0:01 IST

  Singapore:  The lead-up to Sunday's championship match at the WTA Finals suggested Serena Williams would face a major challenge to beat Simona Halep, but then, the No. 1-ranked player has made a career out of

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  WTA Finals: Simona Halep routs Serena Williams

  Tennis | October 22, 2014 16:52 IST

  Singapore: Serena Williams was routed 6-0, 6-2 by Simona Halep at the WTA Finals on Wednesday in one of the most one-sided losses of the 18-time Grand Slam champion's career.   The last time Williams managed

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  WTA Finals: Simona Halep breezes past Eugenie Bouchard

  Tennis | October 20, 2014 21:48 IST

  Singapore : Romania's Simona Halep comfortably defeated Canada's Eugenie Bouchard 6-2, 6-3 on Monday's opening night of the WTA Finals.   In a clash of the only two players making their first appearance at the season-ending

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  US Open: Andy Murray grits through cramps to win

  Tennis | August 26, 2014 11:08 IST

  NEW YORK : Spinning in 70 mph second serves, grabbing at his hamstring during points, Andy Murray gritted his way through head-to-toe cramps to win at the U.S. Open.   Murray outlasted Robin Haase 6-3, 7-6

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  US Open: Halep rallies from set down in 1st round

  Tennis | August 25, 2014 23:29 IST

  NEW YORK: Second-seeded Simona Halep rallied from a set down to beat a young American making her Grand Slam debut in the first round of the U.S. Open.   The Romanian won 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-2

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  Top-seed Simona Halep upset in New Haven

  Tennis | August 20, 2014 13:09 IST

  NEW HAVEN, Connecticut:  Defending champion and top-seeded Simona Halep was beaten in her opening match at the Connecticut Open, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 by Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova on Tuesday.   Rybarikova, ranked 68th in the world, broke

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  Halep, Lisicki reach Wimbledon quarterfinals

  Tennis | July 01, 2014 19:32 IST

  LONDON: French Open runner-up Simona Halep breezed into the quarterfinals at Wimbledon on Tuesday with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan.   The third-seeded Romanian needed just 57 minutes to beat the 72nd-ranked

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  Wimbledon: French Open finalist Halep into Wimbledon quarters

  Tennis | July 01, 2014 18:08 IST

  LONDON: French Open runner-up Simona Halep breezed into the quarterfinals at Wimbledon on Tuesday with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan.   The third-seeded Romanian needed just 57 minutes to beat the 72nd-ranked

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  Wimbledon: Halep, Wozniacki advanced to third round

  Tennis | June 27, 2014 20:30 IST

  LONDON: French Open finalist Simona Halep and former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki were early winners Friday as Wimbledon moved into the third round under contrasting weather at the All England Club.   Mid-morning rain that delayed

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  French Open: 2012 champion Sharapova awaits Simona Halep in final

  Tennis | June 06, 2014 13:45 IST

  PARIS :  Might be easier said than done. Still, Maria Sharapova offered a tidy aphorism to sum up the formula that's carried her to a third consecutive French Open final."It's not how you finish a

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  Petkovic, Halep reach French Open semifinals

  Tennis | June 04, 2014 23:32 IST

  PARIS: Andrea Petkovic and Simona Halep completed the French Open semifinal pairings with straight-set wins Wednesday, and one of them will be in a Grand Slam final for the first time.   Petkovic, a 28th-seeded German,