Wimbledon: Dominant Simona Halep breezes past Paula Badosa into quarter-finals with straight-sets win

Simona Halep booked her place in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon with a straight-sets victory over Paula Badosa. The pair held their first service games but former world No. 1 Halep broke to go 2-1 up with an accurate, looping return from far back on the court.

Ad/> The Romanian had beaten Magdalena Frech in two sets on Saturday to reach this stage, while Badosa was pushed hard by Petra Kvitova at the weekend, meaning the Spaniard may have needed her recovery day more than her opponent. WimbledonWimbledon order of play, Day 2 — When are Nadal, Swiatek and Williams playing?27/06/2022 AT 20:09 After losing three frames on the spin, it might have been fatigue or simply Halep’s superiority, but she made a number of errors that clearly left her feeling frustrated, exacerbated by a second successive break. The fourth-ranked player quickly found herself 5-1 down and set point arrived after just 22 minutes of play.

Moments later, Halep went 1-0 up. Halep concluded the first game of the second set with an ace as she carried on her dominant form having only dropped three points on her serve by that stage. 'I need a glass of wine for sure tonight!' — Kyrgios reacts as Wimbledon run continues 'Without Rafa and Novak, Roger could have won 30 Grand Slams' — Wilander /> At 1-1 there was a wobble for Halep as Badosa earned a break point but she pushed back to ride her first serious challenge of the match.

Badosa displayed her own steel when she faced down her own break point in the following game. However, despite the fightback, Halep was able to move into a 4-2 lead and served to go 5-2 up, rendering any resistance brief and futile. Halep then brutally broke again to win, marking her first victory on grass over a top-five player, and