Top seed Simona Halep of Romania roared to victory on Saturday in the WTA Shenzhen Open final, downing Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky in straight sets.
Halep, the number one seed and third-ranked female player in the world, dispatched number eight seed Bacsinszky 6-2, 6-2 in 62 minutes in the $500,000 tournament to score her ninth WTA title.
"I wasn't feeling very well before the match -- I was a little bit sick -- so I told myself I have nothing to lose, just go on court, be relaxed, stay focused and fight for every point," Halep said in remarks posted on the WTA website.
"It worked and I felt really relaxed today," she said. "I'm
Source: AFP