Prague Open 2020: Simona Halep crowned champion after beating Elise Mertens in straight sets
• 5 years agoRomania's Halep, the 28-year-old reigning Wimbledon champion and world number two, beat the 23rd-ranked Mertens 6-2, 7-5 in an hour and 33 minutes.
Prague Open 2020: Simona Halep sets up final with Elise Mertens after beating compatriot Irina-Camelia Begu
• 5 years agoHalep won 7-6 (7/2), 6-3 in an hour and a half to set up a final clash against 23rd-ranked Belgian Elise Mertens, who beat Czech Kristyna Pliskova 7-5, 7-6 (7/4) in the other semi-final on Saturday.
Prague Open 2020: Simona Halep breezes past qualifier Magdalena Frech to seal semi-final berth
• 5 years agoHalep needed only 59 minutes to beat the 22-year-old Pole 6-2, 6-0 in what was her first convincing win at tournament following two tight three-setters.
Prague Open: Simona Halep recovers from opening set loss to reach quarter-final; Eugenie Bouchard beats Tamara Zidansek
• 5 years agoSimona Halep next faces Magdalena Frech after the 174th-ranked Pole defeated Arantxa Rus 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 to make her first career quarter-final.
Prague Open 2020: Top-seeded Simona Halep battles past Polana Hercog to reach second round
• 5 years agoIt was the first competitive match for Halep since she won the Dubai Championships in February for her 20th career WTA title.
Coronavirus pandemic: WTA suspends Tour until 2 May, impacts European clay court season
Fpsports • 5 years agoThe next tournament on the WTA calendar is the Madrid Open, on clay, also a Premier Mandatory, followed by events in Rome, Strasbourg and Morocco before the second grand slam of the year at Roland Garros in Paris, France from 24 May.
Prague Open 2019: Karolina Muchova, Jil Teichmann win maiden semi-finals to reach first ever WTA final
• 6 years agoMuchova, a wild card entry at the clay-court tournament, made her first WTA semifinal victorious after defeating unseeded Bernarda Pera of the United States 6-2, 7-5
Prague Open 2019: American Bernarda Pera reaches second WTA Tour semi-final by eliminating third-seed Qiang Wang
• 6 years agoIt was only Bernarda Pera's second career victory over a top-20 ranked player and earned Pera a meeting with another surprising semi-finalist, Karolina Muchova
Prague Open: Petra Kvitova fights back from a set down against Mihaela Buzarnescu to win third title of the year
• 7 years agoPetra Kvitova won her third title of the year as she fought back from a set down to beat Romanian Mihaela Buzarnescu 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the Prague Open final on Saturday.
Prague Open: Petra Kvitova cruises past Zhang Shuai to set up title clash with Mihaela Buzarnescu
• 7 years agoPetra Kvitova, who is competing in her home tournament for the first time, faces Romanian Mihaela Buzarnescu in Saturday's final.