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Tennis - 19. August 2018.

Rookwood Cup final for Simona Halep, Kiki Bertens

After a packed week of world-class tennis at the Western & Southern Open, one woman will raise the Rookwood Cup on Sunday. Simona Halep, Kiki Bertens will all be fighting for her first Cincinnati title.

[1] Simona Halep vs Kiki Bertens 

Halep is on a roll. Beginning with her title run last week in Montreal, the 26-year-old world No. 1 has racked up nine straight wins, including a convincing straight-victory over 20-year-old Aryna Sabalenka on Saturday. The two-time Cincinnati finalist holds a 3-1 head-to-head record over Bertens, with the Romanian winning their last meeting on clay in Rome last spring. “She hits very low balls and she's serving well,” Halep said of Bertens. “So I will try just to keep the attention on myself and to do my game.”

Bertens has had an impressive season of her own, capturing the title in Charleston, reaching two finals and rising to a career-high rank of No. 15 in the world. Prior to 2018, Bertens’ success primarily came on clay, the surface on which she’s won all five of her career titles. Then she reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon this summer, followed by a run to the Montreal quarterfinals on hard court. This week she took out No. 5 seed Elina Svitolina in the quarterfinals and No. 8 seed Petra Kvitova in the semifinals. Clay court specialist, no more. 

The 26-year-old from the Netherlands summed it up on Saturday: “I think that you can achieve everything. Like, if you really work hard, a lot of things are possible.” 

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