Simona Halep won the title at the WTA 250 Melbourne Summer Set 1 after smashing the third-seeded Russian Veronika Kudermetova by 2-0 (6:2, 6:3). The second-seeded Romanian player needed 75 minutes to win the match and win the title of the preparatory tournament for the Australian Open.
Simona Halep dominated with 66% success in the 1st Serve and 63% of 1st Serve Points Won. She also saved 4 out of 6 break points.
The match started with both players winning their service games and exchanging a break. And despite the equal start of the first set, Simona Halep did not miss her chances in the next 4 games and won it by 6:2.
The second set started with an advantage for Veronika Kudermetova who took a lead after breaking the service of the Romanian player. She defended the break and won her service game, taking a lead of 2:0. Veronika Kudermetova continue playing perfectly in the third game of the set, which was on service of Simona Halep. This was the longest game of the match and the Russian player had three break point chances to win it. However, the Romanian saved all three break points and eventually won it to stop the impetus of Veronika Kudermetova. Thus, Simona Halep entered the fourth game with psychological privilege and succeeded to break the service of the Russian player and make the result 2:2. The players exchanged their next service games and the result was moving equally until the eight game of the set, when the Romanian have a single break point chance and did not lose it. She took a lead of 5:3 and won her service game on zero to win the set by 6:3 and the match.
Simona Halep won her 22nd WTA title.
