Simona Halep continued the momentum she has built all summer hard-court season long, routing world No. 56 Kirsten Flipkens, 6-0, 6-2, in the first round on Tuesday in Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Flipkens matched the 24-year-old Romanian’s ground strokes at times, but too often the veteran Belgian's slice backhands fell short and invited attack. Halep was relentless, pounding two-fisted backhands from every corner of the court to close out a first-set bagel in 24 minutes.
The second set was only a slight improvement for Flipkens. In her off-court interview, Halep admitted that nerves caused her only hiccup of the match: double-faulting away a match point at 5-0, 40-30 in the second set, and then spraying a backhand and forehand to put Flipkens on the scoreboard. The reprieve was short-lived, however, as Halep closed out the match with one of her 22 winners of the match (compared to only 11 for Flipkens) at precisely the one-hour mark.
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