Sorana Cirstea vs. Simona Halep | 2022 Indian Wells Round of 16 | WTA Match Highlights

[@bryce5281]

Cirstea played beautifully but halep was just on another level today.

[@RoverWaters]

yes she takes doping more seriously than Cirstea

[@djordjenikolic9059]

@@RoverWaters Her roxadustat levels show it 🤣

[@mabellekhu4644]

Another win and a big smile from Simona. Good luck to the next round.

[@manojsamal3430]

That is the Simona we knew...How much matured is she now mentally! Getting her groove back... Nice shotmaking too.

[@sashasmith707]

Go Simo! Best of luck next round💪

[@D...M...A...]

How were the nerves my friend...? Could you enjoy this , pretty straight forward win...? Simona is fierce...

[@sashasmith707]

@@D...M...A... Yes! I'm happy for the win and is now having my chicken dinner, because I'm hungry. Was too nervous to eat lol

[@D...M...A...]

@@sashasmith707 Big hug to you... Relax , are you really having WWCD...? I'm goin for 🥞🥞 🥞 dinner , it's Simona's favorite guilty pleasure...

[@sashasmith707]

@@D...M...A... Yes I am! Enjoy the pancakes put some fruits on the pancakes. Go all in!

[@jordanaus75]

I could be wrong but it looks like Halep is playing a bit smarter and her depth of shot has improved lately. Still got to do something about that terrible second serve though and would be nice to see some approaches to the net sometimes.

[@razgriz1ne1ne48]

As much as I love halep, there's not alot she can do with the 2nd serve other than just riskier placement, her technique is solid (similar to Wawrinkas who has a very beefy serve and great 2nd serve despite his own height) but Halep is short being 5'6 and leanly built upper body, I think the fastest she's ever hit a serve was 114 and that was years ago.

[@razgriz1ne1ne48]

@ferzy09 cahil made her a major champ. Improved her tactics against Big flat hitters like SW Greatly improved her mental fortitude Actually gave her a slice BH Also made her 1st % improve while still being effective.

[@jordanaus75]

@@razgriz1ne1ne48 perhaps the development of an effective kick serve, a la Barty who is the same height? It seems to me that Halep has no back snap, which Barty has developed.

[@razgriz1ne1ne48]

@@jordanaus75 true

[@justincaelas]

Halep is just too consistent and a player like Cirstea who is high risk on shots is going to struggle. Well done from Halep I love Cirstea as well.

[@jclewis9223]

The rest of the field def watched this game and is definitely nervous or should be after this. She is starting to get better as the tournament progresses. Ranking is a tool but we al know once she gets her old form back she will be back in the top 5 very soon.

[@nickyb12345]

Exactly everyone knows peak Simona is a threat anywhere any day next…

[@yonazeltser8012]

Zeltser Ionsolica Israel Tot inaite Simona pana la locul 1!!!!!

[@mintykookieee]

Yes. Totally agree.

[@razgriz1ne1ne48]

Yeah, she at her best is 1 of only 3 players that can beat a Peak SW, more so in her case

[@razgriz1ne1ne48]

@ferzy09 Thats the right play against a flat big hitter, you don't give them a angle to work with and for some of them their footwork isn't good if they have to make minor changes, either forcing a error or a predictable shot that gives Halep a REAL winner opportunity. That's why of the WTA she has the highest on average Winner to unforced differential.

[@MoorishBrooklyn]

Halep with a strong win. Also proving she is the one to beat from her country ro be the best.

[@fillitup100]

The blue and yellow is a nice touch from Cirstea 🇺🇦

[@alancosta4760]

I'm surprised with Cîrstea performance she's so good this year but today almost nothing worked.

[@kamipersonal2687]

👍👍👍

[@Raj...01234]

because of Simona's performance

[@razgriz1ne1ne48]

@ferzy09 its not mental if its a forced error

[@rollingstonedmagazine7081]

Amazing game aside , Halep is really selling that Match Dress !!! She looks the best in it

[@sashasmith707]

Yes she does

[@paacer]

Not keen on that wide belt thing around the waist , looks restrictive . Raducanu had the same costume on . I hate when sponsors make all their players wear the same outfit , they want to stifle individuality .

[@rollingstonedmagazine7081]

@@paacer I guess it’s subjective but I love the belt.

[@MultiY4]

Not as good as Badosa in that same dress.

[@captainKbobkeeshan]

@@paacer agreed. and individuality is part of the reason why they want the athletes as reps. They stand out and showcase the brand. So stupid to make them look like clones.

[@mariantudorache8211]

Au jucat excelent Romancele noastre . Bravooo Simona .

[@septimicu3766]

Halep da Sorana si in cea mai buna forma nu o poate bate pe Halep dupaia da mult din gura dar asta e adevarul halep e peste ea.

[@mariantudorache8211]

@@septimicu3766 Salutare , daca nu esti bun cu gramatica , stai in spate . Nu mai comentati , sunteti ,, simpli ,,

[@TheDawn5708]

Best Romania stars.

[@Xingqiwu387]

BRAVA, Simona! Great match against a worthy opponent.

[@ilariekendi341]

Simona and Sorana have known each other since childhood. Neither spoke badly of the other, but over time, in several interviews, Sorana pointed out and emphasized that the two were never friends.

[@piciulnostru575]

Sorana did kinda threw shade at Simona

[@tennissir1986]

Simona is rolling back into top form. Go Simo !

[@neivaldoduarte4576]

No surprise... congrats, Halep!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@kamipersonal2687]

Nevermind, Sori. You will get your "break". As long as u stay fit and get more confident... love your game HEAPS!!💝💯💯

[@kamipersonal2687]

Well done, Sori for trying! Well done, Simo 4 winning! Keep up the great work!

[@rainymoods7541]

Cirstea it’s a fantastic tennis player all she lacks is confidence. If she gets that right she’ll win everything!

[@rainymoods7541]

@P at times it looked like Sorana didn’t want to win, didn’t put much effort into it, anyways looked strange to me. She literally did not fight today. She cornered Halep many times during the game, almost like she was just playing to laugh at her, yet she lost which is strange. She didn’t even bother.

[@parth338]

She’s a horrible player. Let alone today’s loss, she makes way too many unforced errors. Confidence comes from winning or playing good. Neither in this case

[@parth338]

If you watched that Petra match, you’d have witnessed how to throw the match away. It’s a classic case of corruption.

[@mariountaru5778]

Sorana had one of the best run last year and she continues quite good. She use to get destroyed in the 1 round by no name players in the past. With Halep she's not that confident (Sorana use to be no 1 in Romania). Halep came from nowhere and became no1 in the world and Sorana has been in her shadow since. Halep made our nation forget about poverty, debts and rubbish politics, that's why we just love Simona!

[@lucianbadoi6792]

She already won our hearts.

[@leahumihaela7866]

Cred ca Simona se transforma cand joaca ,cu romancele.Bravo lor!Si Sorana a jucat bine dar Simona si a dorit mai mult probabil.👏👏👏

[@ciprianandrei9209]

😅Si a dorit mai mult victoria🙈ce limba de lemn..

[@ciprianandrei9209]

Daca dadeam un gol mai mult ca adversarul, castigam jocul😅

[@RaduRadonys]

SI eu doresc sa fiu miliardar, dar probabil nu imi doresc suficient de mult :))

[@liuseagrigoriu1611]

Hai, Simona!❤Hai Sorana!❤ HAI ROMANIA!❤❤BRAVO! 🤗 🤗

[@rey7950]

TWO BEAUTIFUL ROMANIAN

[@harryp3804]

Simona is a cute little battle tank 😍

[@xverdun4102]

Felicitari amandurora ! Fortza Romania ! 😍🇹🇩🇹🇩🇹🇩

[@omaressameldin8708]

Halep has a big chance to win the tournament hope she do it

[@jinminshen5450]

Simona❤❤❤

[@giorgetavitan4758]

SIMOOO ❤💛💙

[@onetwocue]

This is a different Halep compared to her loss at the Aussie

[@rafarequeni822]

She wasn't playing bad at all at the AUS Open. She just had a bad luck day against an impressive Alize Cornet - Halep won more points, but Cornet won the important ones.

[@khaledalsaoub6760]

Congratulations 👏

[@zezezosezadafrak8210]

Romanian Goddesses both! ❤❤❤

[@kamipersonal2687]

I was sooo torn because in the last season, i took some liking of Sori's game, also... Sorry Simo. Still ❤❤❤❤ you!

[@JimHilario]

I smile ear-to-ear when Simona kissed the camera : D

[@John-bt4jo]

Seeded 24?..Simo need her groove back 💪😶

[@D...M...A...]

Winner , winner , pancake dinner for Simo...

[@sashasmith707]

Lol

[@D...M...A...]

@@sashasmith707 # 79 , Martic is toast... I like Petra , but now she's the enemy... This draw is pretty nice ... I'm rooting for Harriet Dart to take out Keys , then Swaitek to meet Simona in the Simi... I can dream...

[@sashasmith707]

@@D...M...A... let's hope your dreams come true. Hoping for a win next match!

[@sashasmith707]

@@D...M...A... how's it going?. Missing the game. Running errands

[@D...M...A...]

@@sashasmith707 Ok , cool ... Thanks for the personal update lil sister... I feel like we're family... No worries, I will root for you , be safe ... Martic is toast... Simona booked her an early flight to Miami...

[@gianpaulogarcia2939]

Pls post Madison Keys v Dart

[@kamipersonal2687]

That's the name of the game!

[@robinsonsalcedo9329]

Excelente victoria de simoma halep vamos 💪

[@williamyeoh76]

Halep definitely has some reservation of her own or else she won't be No. 1 previously. Cirstea is also playing well to reach the round.

[@fallendevonish1869]

Cîrstea hits her forehand with her elbow tucked into her hip

[@bradleysaito4393]

As much as I appreciate the highlights, the flow of the highlights is contradictory: we see 2 winners by cirstea then its match point by simona? I kept rewinding to see if I missed something by that's how it is. Just annoying is all.

[@dharmesh3660]

From watching this you would have thought Halep was getting destroyed.

[@marcellepadatu6375]

Retragerea pt Simona e cea mai buna !!!!familie de acum!!!!

[@huaweilsiredmi767]

Bravo Simona felicitări .te urmăresc mereu

[@AshutoshSingh-sp4jq]

Clearly these two don't like each other. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@marianadavid5045]

Bravoo,fetele noastre!

[@kamipersonal2687]

At this stage of the comp., i noticed all players were from a different country; all but 2 countries with 2 players each: russia & romania... now, they had to eliminate each other, while one russian (samsanova) lost to yugoslavian (Martic)!

[@liviaarama7069]

Bravo,Simona

[@pomerlain8924]

This was a grudge match, as neither is fond of the other. The handshake was professional, but very cold.

[@RALF0691]

I tried looking up news on why the two aren't fond of one another. But I couldn't find anything. Spill the tea I wanna know why you say they aren't fond of one another.

[@RaduRadonys]

@@RALF0691 One stole the other one's boyfriend (why else would 2 girls that know each other since childhood be like this)?

[@RALF0691]

@@RaduRadonys Who are your sources?

[@pomerlain8924]

@@RALF0691 It has much to do with fact that Sorana isn't too fond of being in the shadow cast by Simona's success. Back in 2009, Sorana was the top Romanian, having made the FO QF as a 19-year-old, and winning her first title. Simona unseated her as the top Romanian with her breakout 2013, and kept ascending, and Sorana hasn't seemed to handle it well. When Simo was playing her first GS final in 2014, Sorana said she can't wish her success because she wasn't in the country. When Simona became #1 for the first time, Sorana said "I haven't had time to congratulate Simona yet. I had a busy schedule and I didn't have time." When Simona won the FO and Wimbledon, Sorana was the only Romanian player that didn't congratulate her.

[@RALF0691]

@@pomerlain8924 Interesting... thanks for telling that information.

[@mikamoldovan9654]

7:31

[@Preachnteachnalwaysskooln144]

Solana reminds me of Ana ivonoich

[@مغربيةفيهولندا-خ9ق]

Halepplpp🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦

[@liacernatony3715]

Simo!!!

[@luciobecker2637]

They have no friendship. Not good to see handshake at the end of match. Greetings from Rome Italy

[@pamela11pam]

Yes I was surprised to see that too. Are they not friends, from same country? Thought they would hug.

[@tbwatch88]

ah blast.

[@ancatruta728]

2-2

[@kinle484]

FIRST

[@vidyasonavane9602]

I want like to watch Simona’s matches so that I don’t have to hear her grunting.

[@rainymoods7541]

Cirstea trashed Halep all the way but she wasn’t as aggressive as her that’s why she lost. She needs to be more aggressive

[@nickyb12345]

Trashed Halep and still lost 1&4 lol

[@andreeapop1724]

Looks that way because these highlights are trash. Simona was very dominant in the first set and also played some great points in the second set, but they're just not captured in the highlights.

[@vasianteofil2464]

if you had seen the match you would not have made the stupid statement

[@gademe6574]

As fi dorit sa câștigi , sorana

[@septimicu3766]

Lasa sa steie la coada ca e cam nesimtita ea mereu e cu nasul pe sus pai stai tu putin fi mai umila ca Halep e peste tine.

[@gillmonsta]

Rouuuu

[@yonazeltser8012]

Zeltser Ionsolica Israel toata cinstea Simona locul 1in lume sa ajungi !!!!!

[@yonazeltser8012]

Zeltser Ionsolica Israel toata cinstea Simona la locul 1in lume!!!!!

[@kamipersonal2687]

The thing that i like abour Simo, aside from her game & personality, is that she does not want to _politicise_ tennis. Tennis is a game about fairness. One's political ideology shd Not interfere with the game! Not to mention that we may feel for the human tragedy occuring but object NATO inflaming existing conflict and letting this get out of hand. It is OBVIOUSLY nato fault... But still can't help feeling for ppl, and still (again), we're talking about sports. Let the athlets do what they do best, don't drag them into politics... and put russian players' *flag* back - next to their name. It's pathetic how you reduced them to exiles???

[@pausaeznebot6697]

Second

[@rainymoods7541]

Halep is not as great as she seems. Her gameplay is utterly aggressive and defensive, she rarely makes it to the net, she never plays games on her opponent and rarely using smart strategies or any strategies at all. Her only strength is her desire to win and incredible aggressive attitude. Sorana is smart, plays intelligent games, takes risks but sometimes she forgets that she needs to defend herself . Halep was never a strategic player and maybe that is the reason she won so many times because she literally crushed her opponents with her lack of strategies. It’s like playing against a wild animal, you never know when it hits you. She was also incredibly supported by some high tennis figures in Romania and given best coach ever (Daren), at least for her, otherwise she would’ve still been a no name today.

[@AshutoshSingh-sp4jq]

Blah, blah, blah. You sound like an untrained dog, who's barking is uncontrollable. You just can't stand someone's success. Lol. She was number one player in the world for almost am entire year. Dumbass.

[@RaduRadonys]

Why don't you think that the lack of strategies is a strategy itself (since it makes her win games)?

[@rainymoods7541]

@@RaduRadonys it is if you can’t do anything else, anyways that’s where the genius of Darren Cahill was that he figured that out and after countless fights between them he understood that he can’t actually teach her anything so he insisted on her strength and stamina which significantly increased during their time together. Also he worked a lot on her self esteem and that showed. Don’t know how good he is as a coach but he’s definitely an excellent psychologist, he’s the only one who could stand w her. If Sorana had the same boat as Halep (same trainer, same help from influential people) she would’ve been far better than Halep, this is not only my opinion. I don’t know how to properly say it because I don’t want to be unfair but Halep always gave me the sentiment of a false champion. It’s like she didn’t get no.1 due to her merits but because some people absolutely wanted her there and made sure she’ll get it. That is not take away her hard work and achievements but it’s like she was literally prompted there with or without her knowing it. Something similar to what’s happening to Emma Raducanu at the moment. That’s why I don’t think I’ll ever cheer for any of them regardless of their achievements.

[@rainymoods7541]

@@RaduRadonys if you have time watch what Darren tells her here “you don’t have to chase down every single ball, every single time, just be a bit smarter, play the point into the score” something like that. It just confirms what I’ve said. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqS4apKBg7GiY7M

[@mascancris6152]

@@rainymoods7541 I never read something more stupid in my entire life and i wasted 2 minutes of my life reading your BS. High tennis figures in Romania, supported Sorana from the start not her, unfortunately, she never had the talent to back up her huge ego.

[@adolfourbina3788]

¿Por qué Simona se persigna y mira al cielo tras vencer? Si Dios toma partido por ella, inevitablemente desdeñará a su rival. ¿Tiene enchufe Halep con Dios? (Tanto hablar de él y resulta que no existe ).

[@gademe6574]

Sicher existiert