S vs. S

And guess who won. The Romanian, young and more unexperienced Simona Halep. In front of none other than two-times Grand Slam winner Sveta Kuznetsova! This is the most important victory in Simona's career until now.

Halep was down a set and a break. Knowing she had nothing to lose, she kept calm and won four consecutive games. The second set's score, 6-4. The decisive set started with three consecutive breaks, the Romanian being the first one able to win on her serve. At 5-3 in Simona's favour, Svetlana served to stay in the match, but the Romanian finished it with a break.

Simona will face in the second round Lucie Safarova, who won yesterday against Polona Hercog.