Simona Halep too strong for Caroline Garcia in WTA Finals opener
Simona Halep made a profitable begin to her WTA Finals campaign with an extraordinary 6-4 6-2 victory over Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia on Monday, the Romanian surging clear in the next set to subdue her in-form opponent at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
Garcia was the final woman to qualify for the elite eight-woman event once the 24-year-old won back-to-back tournaments in China but her Red Group debut ended in defeat when the planet number 1 halted her 11-match winning run in emphatic fashion. There is little to select involving the aggressive baseliners in the very first set but Halep did actually step-up a gear on the main element points in the opener before hassling and harrying Garcia throughout the court in the next to triumph in 88 minutes.
Garcia was the final woman to qualify for the elite eight-woman event once the 24-year-old won back-to-back tournaments in China but her Red Group debut ended in defeat when the planet number 1 halted her 11-match winning run in emphatic fashion. There is little to select involving the aggressive baseliners in the very first set but Halep did actually step-up a gear on the main element points in the opener before hassling and harrying Garcia throughout the court in the next to triumph in 88 minutes.
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