French Open: Simona Halep and Danielle Collins say goodbye in round 2
While Simona Halep - obviously physically ailing - failed because of the Chinese Qinwen Zheng , Danielle Collins extended the weak clay court performances of the last few weeks.
by Stefan Bergmann
last edit: May 26, 2022, 08:46 pm
Simona Halep looked desperate and physically weak in the last set of the second round game of the French Open against Qinwen Zheng. While everything went according to plan for the former world number one in the first sentence, the worry lines on the forehead of neo-coach Patrick Mouratoglou could no longer be overlooked by the middle of the second round at the latest. After the Romanian led 2-1 in the second set, she only managed to win one game against the constantly playing world number 74 by the end of the game. from China. In the third round, Zheng meets the winner of the match between local hero Alizé Cornet and Jelena Ostapenko from Latvia.
The appearance of the Australian Open finalist Danielle Collins is already over. The American, who only won one game at the top European clay court events in Madrid and Rome, also lost in the second round of the major event in Paris. The 28-year-old was clearly beaten by her compatriot Shelby Rogers 4: 6, 3: 6. The South Carolina lady meets 20th seed Daria Kasatkina from Russia in round three.
Here the single tableau from Paris.
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