Lucia Bronzetti demolishes Simona Halep in Cluj-Napoca

Lucia Bronzetti-Simona Halep 6-1 6-1

Lucia Bronzetti overwhelms Simona Halep on her debut in the WTA 250 in Cluj-Napoca. The Italian, in fact, rifled a peremptory 6-1 6-1 6-1 against the former world number one, in the draw thanks to a wild card, in less than an hour of play.

Bronzetti gets off to a strong start, snatching the serve from Halep in the opening game, and confirming the lead in the next one (2-0). The Romagnola obtained another break in the fifth game (4-1) that paved the way for her to win the first partial (6-1).

In the second set the music does not change: Bronzetti scratches the break in the second game and flies to 3-0. The Romanian intruded a series of seven consecutive games by the Rimini player (1-3) before Bronzetti placed a new stretch of three games in a row that earned her the second partial and the match.

Thanks to this victory Bronzetti flies to the round of 16 of the Transylvania Open, joining Elisabetta Cocciaretto, who had disposed in two sets of another Romanian: Irina-Camelia Begu, defeated with a final score of 6-3 7-5. In case of success of both in the round of 16, the blue ladies will face each other in the quarterfinals.