Roman climbed on the grass. An amazing battle between the French and the Swiss

Simona Halep played her first match of the year on turf. The Romanian tennis player kicked off her performance at the WTA 250 Championships in Birmingham. A stunning thriller was the confrontation between Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia and Swiss Victoria Golubic.

Getty Images / Zac Goodwin / PA Images / Pictured: Simona Halep

Simona Halep (WTA 20) debuted in Birmingham for the second time. In 2015, she reached the quarter-finals. On Monday, her opponent was Lesia Corenko (WTA 116). The Romanian came back with 1:3 in the second set and defeated the Ukrainian 6:1, 6:4. In 78 minutes, the 2019 Wimbledon champion defended seven of his nine break points and had five out of seven breakout opportunities.

Caroline Garcia (WTA 74) won in 6:7 (4), 6:4, 7:6 (6) Victoria Golubic (WTA 51) after a battle full of twists and turns. In the first set, the French missed the lead 5:2 and six sets of balls, three of them at 5:3 and 40-0. The second half witnessed one break, which the tennis player scored from Lyon 4-3. In the conclusive version, Garcia is reborn from a state of 3:5. The meeting lasted 2 hours and 48 minutes.

Elena-Gabriela Ruse (WTA 55) triumphed 7:6 (6), 7:6 (12) Qiang Wang (WTA 146) after 2 hours 1 minute. In the second set tiebreak, Roman defended three set pieces and used the fifth set. Both players scored five breaks throughout the match. Ross scored another six points (89-83).

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Lauren Davis (WTA 108) won 7:6 (2), 7:6 (5) against Kaja Jovan (WTA 60). The American made up for the breakthrough in both groups. In the first she rose from 0:3, and in the second she returned from 2:4. Harriet Dart (WTA 106) smashed Camila Osorio (WTA 61) 6:2, 6:0 in 69 minutes. The Briton scored 64 of the 103 points he played (62.1%). I used six of the nine break points. In the second round, he will face Halep.

Donna Vicki (WTA 92) beat Coco Vandeweghe 6:4, 6:4 (WTA WTA 122). The Croatian player scored 27 out of 32 points with her first pass. I traded three out of six chances for a breakthrough. Aleksandra Krunic (WTA 103) won 6:4, 7:6 (6) against Petra Martic (WTA 73). In the first set, Serbka won four straight games of 2:4. In the second, she was 3-0 up, but the Croatian made up for losing the break. In the tiebreak, Krunić saved two sets of balls at 4-6.

Rothsay Classic Birmingham, Birmingham (UK)
WTA 250, grass field, total prize money of 251.7 thousand. dollar
Monday 13th June

First round of singles:

Simona Halep (Romania 2) beat Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) 6-1, 6-4
Elena Gabriella Ross (Romania) beat Qiang Wang (China) 7-6 (6), 7-6 (12).
Lauren Davis (US) Pat Kaja Jovan (Slovenia) 7-6 (2) 7-6 (5).
Caroline Garcia (France) by Victoria Golubic (Switzerland) 6-7 (5) 6-4 7-6 (6)
Donna Vekic (Croatia, Q) beat Coco Vandewig (USA, Q) 6-4, 6-4
Aleksandra Krunic (Serbia, L.L.) beat Petra Martic (Croatia) 6-4, 7-6 (6).
Harriet Dart (UK, Colombia) beat Camila Osorio (Colombia) 6-2, 6-0

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