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Two-time Grand Slam champion, former world number one Romanian Simona Halep confidently reached the second round of the WTA-1000 hard tournament in Toronto (Canada), beating Croatian Donna Vekic (Q) with a score of 6:0, 6:2.
The duration of the meeting was 1 hour and 1 minute. Halep filed right through four times, made four double faults and converted five break points out of 14. On account of her opponent, not a single ace, four double faults and not a single break point.
Halep’s next opponent will be the winner of the match between Zhang Shuai (China) and Cristina Bushke (Spain).
The prize money for the women’s tournament in Toronto is $2,967,250. Its reigning champion is Canada’s Bianca Andreescu.