Then world number one Simona Halep finally won her maiden Grand Slam title at the 2018 French Open. It wasn’t easy though, as she had to fight it out, right till the end.
After losing the first set of her first round clash against Alison Riske, she won the next eight sets in the tournament, defeating Riske, Taylor Townsend, Andrew Petkovic and Elise Mertens in the process.
She lost the first set again in the quarter-finals against Angelique Kerber, but bounced back to progress to a semi-final against Garbine Muguruza, which she won in straight sets.
In the final against Sloane Stephens, she lost the first set 3-6 and was down a break in the second set. 0-2. She rallied from that point onwards to win the match 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 and collect the French Open.
Did you know?
Halep lost the first three Grand Slam finals in which she appeared, before winning the 2018 French Open.
Halep is now 2-3 in Grand Slam finals. After losing to Maria Sharapova at the 2014 French Open, Jelena Ostapenka at the 2017 French Open and Caroline Wozniacki at the 2018 Australian Open, she finally yasted success at the 2018 French Open. She then followed it up with another Grand Slam victory in 2019 at the Wimbledon.
She is only the second Romanian to win multiple Grand Slam titles after Ilie Nastase, who won the 1972 men’s singles US Open and the 1973 French Open.
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