Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina celebrates with the trophy after winning the final against Romania’s Simona Halep. Photo: Reuters
ROME: Fourth seed Elina Svitolina successfully defended her Italian Open title on Sunday with a dominant 6-0 6-4 victory over an out-of-sorts Simona Halep.
World number one Halep came through a tough three-set semi-final against Maria Sharapova on Saturday and was well off the pace, failing to coax even a single break point opportunity the entire match.
“It’s amazing that I could come and defend my title here. It’s really something very special for me,” Svitolina said after defeating Halep in the Rome final for the …read more
Source: The Himalayan Times
