Clutching her trophy 20 minutes after becoming Wimbledon's champion, Simona Halep checked out the board inside Centre Court that lists tournament winners. Below all of the mentions of Serena Williams, her opponent in Saturday's final, there already was inscribed: "Miss S. Halep." Halep was not ...
Simona Halep reached her second Wimbledon semifinal on Tuesday with a 7-6 (7-4), 6-1 victory over China's Zhang Shuai. Halep, the seventh seeded former world No. 1, will face either Elina Svitolina, the eighth seed from Ukraine, or Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic for ...
Teenager Amanda Anisimova shocks defending champ Simona Halep in quarterfinals
American teenager Amanda Anisimova stunned defending champion Simona Halep on Thursday to reach a French Open semifinal against Australian eighth seed Ashleigh Barty. The 17-year-old downed Romanian star Halep 6-2, 6-4 on Court Philippe Chatrier, while Barty saw off 14th seed Madison Keys 6-3, 7-5 ...
Simona Halep races past Lesia Tsurenko to move into fourth round
A ruthlessly efficient Simona Halep marched into the fourth round of the French Open on Saturday, dropping just three games against Lesia Tsurenko. Halep, the defending champion from Romania, had been forced to go the distance in the first two rounds. Playing her best match ...
Naomi Osaka narrowly retained her No. 1 ranking on Monday ahead of Simona Halep, after the Romanian missed the chance to reclaim the top spot following her defeat in the Madrid Open final. The 21-year-old Osaka lost in the quarterfinals in the Spanish capital, but ...
Simona Halep holds off Ashleigh Barty to reach Madrid Open semifinals
Two-time champion Simona Halep overcame Ashleigh Barty 7-5, 7-5 to reach her fourth Madrid Open semifinal on Thursday. The Romanian third seed and former world No. 1 will next play the Naomi Osaka-Belinda Bencic winner. Halep, who has been struggling with an injury, took the opening ...
Petra Kvitova moves ahead of Simona Halep, snatches world No. 2 spot
Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic snatched world number two spot from Romanian rival Simona Halep in the latest WTA rankings released Monday. Thanks to her win in Sunday's Stuttgart WTA tournament final, her second victory this season, Kvitova is just 136 points adrift of ...
Naomi Osaka 'dodged bullet' in Stuttgart as rival Simona Halep pulls out
World No. 1 Naomi Osaka said Tuesday she had "dodged a bullet" after Simona Halep, her main pursuer in the WTA rankings, pulled out of this week's tournament in Stuttgart. The 21-year-old Osaka launches her clay season in Stuttgart this week, and her hopes of ...
Miami Open semifinalist Simona Halep closes gap with world No. 1 Naomi Osaka
Simona Halep cut the gap with world No.1 Naomi Osaka in the WTA rankings on Monday after the Romanian made the semi-finals at the Miami Open last week. French Open champion Halep, who last held the top spot in January, would have returned to the ...
World No. 1 Simona Halep and U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka will headline a strong field in the women's draw of the Sydney International, organizers said Monday. Eight of the world's top 10 have signed on for the Jan. 6-12 event as a warm-up for ...
Some players, like top-ranked Simona Halep, freely acknowledge they don't deal well with the hustle-and-bustle of the U.S. Open and all it entails. Others, like 44th-ranked Kaia Kanepi, take to the Big Apple and its Grand Slam tournament. Put those two types at opposite ends of ...
Osaka must improve mental focus to become elite player
With 2018 wins over Grand Slam champions Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova as well as reigning world No. 1 Simona Halep, Naomi Osaka has proven that she, too, has the potential to win a major — or perhaps several. And the game's upper ...
