Italian Open: Halep beats Muguruza to reach third final

With the 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 win on Sunday, top-seeded Romanian tennis player Simona Halep improved her record in the sport's restart to 9-0.

Published : Sep 20, 2020 18:48 IST , Rome

The second-ranked Simona Halep is 13-0 overall stretching back to February, when she won a title in Dubai.
The second-ranked Simona Halep is 13-0 overall stretching back to February, when she won a title in Dubai.
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The second-ranked Simona Halep is 13-0 overall stretching back to February, when she won a title in Dubai.

Chasing her first title in Rome, top-seeded Simona Halep reached her third Italian Open final after beating Garbine Muguruza 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, on Sunday to improve her record in tennis’ restart to 9-0.

Muguruza struggled with her serve and double faulted on the final two points of the 2 hour, 16-minute match.

The second-ranked Halep is 13-0 overall stretching back to February, when she won a title in Dubai. After the tour’s five-month break due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Romanian returned by raising another trophy in Prague last month. She then skipped the U. S. Open due to travel and health concerns.

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In the men’s semifinals later, it’s top-ranked Novak Djokovic against Casper Ruud of Norway and eighth-seeded Diego Schwartzman against 12th-seeded Denis Shapovalov.

Schwartzman beat nine-time Rome champion Rafael Nadal late Friday.

After fans had not been allowed in at the Foro Italico all week, 1,000 spectators were being admitted in for the semifinals and finals.

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