Halep-Rybakina Dubai Thriller earns 2020 WTA Match of the Year. Simona Halep, the world no. 2 captured her 20th career title at the Dubai duty Free Tennis Championship after a tough clash with rising star Kazakh Elena Rybakina in late February.
Nominated alongside, the Williams Sisters’ (Serena
Williams and Venus Williams) Lexington epic; Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff’s
Ostrava clash and Naomi Osaka-Anett Kontaveit Cincinnati and US Open
thrillers- Halep vs. Rybakina match was chosen as the most unforgettable
one for the year.
Simona Halep, the former no. 1, rallied from being a set
down to bounce back in tremendous fashion and went on to concur the match 3-6,
6-3, 7-6(5) against an inspired opposition who was standing just one the
verge of pulling out a fabulous career breakthrough. The score line of the third set is itself
evident to show how much down to the wire the match went.
Never mind, Rybakina, lots of chances more coming your way
in future, surely. But, Halep went on to win 2 more titles after COVID-19
lockdown: Prague Open and a long-awaited victory at BNL d’italia, and hence
ties with Sabalenka for the most tittles
(3 titles) of the season.
Tags: WTA, WTA AWARDS, TENNIS, SIMONA HALEP, RYBAKINA, WTA
MATCH OF THE YEAR, DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP, SERENA WILLIAMS, VENUS
WILLIAMS, LEXINGTON OPEN, ARYNA SABALENKA, COCO GAUFF, OSTRAVA OPEN, NAOMI OSAKA,
ANETT KONTAVEIT, CINCINNATI OPEN, US OPEN, PRAGUE OPEN BNL D’ITALIA.
An Article By:
Moulik Pramanik
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