Simona Halep received her opening match of the WTA Prague Open on Tuesday, defeating Polona Hercog 6-1, 1-6, 7-6 (7/three) to relaunch a season disrupted for practically six months by the coronavirus pandemic. Prime seed Halep wanted two and a half hours to beat Slovenian world quantity 46 Hercog on clay within the Czech capital, blowing six match factors within the decider earlier than prevailing in a tie-break. The second-ranked Simona Halep will meet Barbora Krejcikova within the spherical of 16.
The reigning Wimbledon and former French Open champion was showing in her first match on tour since securing her 20th profession title on the Dubai Championships in February.
She pulled out of the primary post-lockdown WTA match in Palermo final week over virus issues, and is but to make a ultimate choice whether or not to play on the US Open later this month.
The match in Prague is Halep’s first journey overseas since February, having spent the lockdown in her native Romania.
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Organisers of the Czech occasion have put all gamers and employees in a single eight-storey lodge reserved for the event to scale back the chance of COVID-19 contagion.
Common temperature checks are a should, identical to face masks which the gamers should put on except they’re taking part in, coaching or consuming.
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