The Romanian tennis player Simona Halep has won the 500,000-dollar WTA tournament in Shenzhen (China) on Saturday, after defeating finalist Timea Bacsinszky (Switzerland), #8 seed, 6-2, 6-2. Halep dominated no. 8 seed Bacsinszky, not facing any break points on serve in a match that was longer than 62 minutes.
For Simona, this was her first tournament with her new technical staff, the Swedish Thomas Hogstedt and the Romanian Victor Ionita. It is also the 9th WTA title of her carreer after those in Nuremberg, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Budapest, New Haven, Moscow, Sofia (all in 2013), Doha and Bucharest (both in 2014).
The final in Shenzhen was the number 15 for the Romanian tennis player, after losing two games in Fes (2010, 2011), in Brussels (2012), in Madrid, Roland Garros and the Tour of Champions (all in 2014).
Simona Halep, who received 280 WTA points for the Shenzhen title, was rewarded by the former Chinese great champion Na Li with a 111,163 USD check. Next on the list for Simona will be the Australian open, where she is also the main favorite.
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