Simona Halep - Stephane Sloanes

Game preview : Semis in the WTA Cincinnati Open and we have a last match here, where Simona Halep will meet USA player Sloane Stephens. Both players already secured 128,330 $ and 350 ranking point's, solid money and solid points. What can happen today ? Well it's different story about these two girls, so match can go both way's.

Let's talk about players :

Simona Halep (2) - Second in the ranking Romanian small girl is very good tennis player, even if she is small not so strong, but she can play really well on all surfaces and defeat all other players. So short girl is very dangerous, she can mix up her game really good, one second Simona can be agressive, other second she can use a deffensive tactics. 13/6 hard surface record for this year, she lost a little bit points earlier, so now she can take it back on this tournament.

Stephens Sloane (151) - 24 years older girl from USA, after hard half season is back on court. Sloane had a leg injury, she couldn't walk or do anything for some time, later she couldn't practice. Now she can play and she does play well, she already won 8 and lost two matches on hard surface. American already reached one SF and lost, now she is in another SF. She is a good palyer for sure, but after hard injury and not playing for long time she can be not ready enough for elite players, as we saw last tournament she lost in SF, now she is here again, but maybe she want to win, but she just can't for now.

Comparing the players : Well, both girls are really similar, Simona and Sloane is shorter girls on tour, uses a lot of mix tennis elements, like to run a lot. But we can say Simona is much better in everything, thats why she is No.2 in WTA rankings.

What to expect today : Romanian and american met 6 time's before, 4 times Simona was better, other two Sloane. We see one tendency to win match in two set's, all six matches ended in 2 sets, with lack of game's, so why not expect same thing for today? We can say S. Halep is in better shape, she is better player with no injuries for now and american girl is after injury, she won't be so dangerous for today in this match.

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