Prague Open: Simona Halep beats Elise Mertens in final
The Prague Open is Halep’s 21st victory on the WTA Tour Simona Halep won her first title since before the coronavirus lockdown at the Prague Open with a straight-set victory over Elise Mertens. The Romanian world number two beat Belgium’s Mertens 6-2 7-5 for her first title on clay since the 2018 French Open. Halep, 28, becomes only the second top seed to win the Prague Open, after Karolina Pliskova did so in 2015. In the United States, American Jennifer Brady won the Top Seed Open. Victory in the Czech capital gave Halep her second title of 2020 after she won February’s...
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