Rome (AFP)
Simona Halep, seeded N.1, qualified Sunday for the final of the tennis tournament in Rome, to try to win there finally after two finals lost in 2017 and 2018.
To the applause of the public, authorized for the first time since the start of the tournament in very small numbers, the Romanian had to work in the semi-final against the Spaniard Garbine Muguruza, seeded N.9, for herself. impose in three sets (6-3, 4-6, 6-4).
She will meet in the final, Monday, the winner of the other semi-final between the defending champion, the Czech Karolina Pliskova (seeded N.2), against her compatriot Marketa Vondrousova, finalist at Roland Garros last year. .
By dominating this semi-final between two ex-winners of Roland-Garros, against a very gripping Spanish opponent despite signs of fatigue and back pain, Halep signed her 13th consecutive victory.
This series began before the interruption of competitions due to coronavirus with a title in Dubai in February and continued in the resumption with his title in Prague in August and his four successes in Rome this week.
The second player in the world had chosen not to participate in the hard tournaments in New York at the end of August, the beginning of September, in particular in order to better prepare for Roland-Garros, which begins in a week.
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