Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, world leader, was markedly defeated by Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, 6-0, 6-4, on Sunday, in the final of the WTA tournament in Rome (Internationali BNL d'Italia), with prizes worth 3,351,729 US dollars.
Halep (aged 26) gave in after only 67 minutes to world no.4 Svitolina who successfully defended the title won last year, also in the final against Simona, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1.
Simona Halep lacked inspiration in the first set, in which Svitolina (aged 23), in great shape, succeeded all shots. The set, won by the Ukrainian to love, lasted 19 minutes and Halep only secured 8 points …read more
Source: Agerpres
