Kateřina Siniaková

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, world's no. 3, easily qualified for the quarter-finals of the WTA tournament in Madrid, with total prizes worth 7,021,128 US dollars, after defeating Slovakian Viktoria Kuzmova, 6-0, 6-0. Halep (27) only needed 44 minutes to seal her victory against Kuzmova (20), world's no. 46.

Romanian pairing Simona Halep /Irina Begu on Monday advanced to the round of 16 of the women's doubles event at the 7,021,128-USD Madrid Open tennis tournament after defeating Romanian-Croat double Raluca Olaru /Darija Jurak 6-2 6-3. Halep and Begu won in 65 minutes.

The Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, world number three, won the Heart Award on Monday after her remarkable victory in the Czech Republic Fed Cup first round, according to the official website of the competition. Halep had their counter-candidates, following the World and World Group II matches, Latvian Anastasija Sevastova, Spanish Georgina Garcia-Perez and Australian Ashleigh Barty.

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, WTA's 3rd, defeated Karolina Pliskova (WTA's 5th), in three sets, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, on Sunday, and Romania's Fed Cup team leads the Czech Republic team with 2-1 after the first three matches of the meeting taking place in Ostrava, in the World Group quarterfinals.

Halep won after 2 hours and 37 minutes.