Simona Halep

Simona Halep swatted Paula Badosa aside in an hour 6-1, 6-2 to create a mouth-watering Wimbledon quarter-final with Amanda Anismiova.

Her 6-2, 6-3 win over Tan was just as impressive as her hard-fought win over Gauff in the previous round. She even moved to the south of France and since then, has a renewed spring in her step. As she blitzed her way to victory, Mouratoglou was busy standing, fist pumping in familiar fashion. At the beginning of the year, she was considering hanging up her racket, disillusioned with the sport and wondering if it was really worth all the work to get back to the top. Her former coach Darren Cahill had urged her to spend some time there in the past, but she always held out. The Spaniard has rocketed up the rankings in the past year, winning the title in Indian Wells last October. Bold from the baseline, she had edged out two-times champion Petra Kvitova in a high-quality match in the previous round.

In her return to Centre Court, former champion Simona Halep lost just three games in a Round of 16 win over No.4 seed Paula Badosa. She faces a familiar foe ...

Her best result was a second-round showing in 2019. She needed just 51 minutes to get past Katie Boulter in the previous round but could not get her unpredictable game going in the face of Anisimova's big striking. In 2019, Anisimova snapped Halep's 11-match Roland Garros win streak. Tan struck nine winners and 12 unforced errors, generating just two break points in the match. Halep, seeded No.16, returned to Centre Court on Monday for the first time since she held the Venus Rosewater Dish aloft in 2019, and dominated Spanish No.4 seed Paula Badosa from start to finish in a 6-1, 6-2 triumph. "Actually, I was more nervous yesterday than today," she admitted with a smile in her on-court interview.

The former Wimbledon champion won 6-1 6-2 to see off the No. 4 seed in a dazzling performance that followed up her stunning 67-minute demolition of ...

To have the belief if could be good again and at the top.’ I wasn't lucky enough. I tried my best. I think it wasn't my day today. Simona Halep had forgotten what winning looked and felt like. ‘Everything comes together,’ she said.

Simona Halep beat fourth-seeded Paula Badosa 6-1, 6-2 on Centre Court to return to the Wimbledon quarterfinals, while 20th-ranked American Amanda Anisimova ...

"I can't believe a year later I'm in the same position.'' Actually I'm really happy with the way I'm playing. She finished with only nine unforced errors and saved the only break point she faced. "I worked really hard in the past two, three months. Anisimova, 20, lost in the first round of Wimbledon last year. "I got the confidence.

That's a pretty good combination for a player who just advanced to the Wimbledon quarterfinals by winning her 11th straight match at the All England Club but ...

Actually I’m really happy with the way I’m playing. In April, she started working with PatrickMouratoglou, the former coach of Williams. She lost only eight points on her serve and saved the only break point she faced. “Some days it goes in the line. Simona Halep's serve was working, her returns were landing, and the points were piling up fast. “I worked really hard in the past two, three months.

That's a pretty good combination for a player who just advanced to the Wimbledon quarterfinals by winning her 11th straight match at the All England Club but ...

Actually I’m really happy with the way I’m playing. In April, she started working with PatrickMouratoglou, the former coach of Williams. She lost only eight points on her serve and saved the only break point she faced. “Some days it goes in the line. “I worked really hard in the past two, three months. Simona Halep's serve was working, her returns were landing, and the points were piling up fast.