The WTA Finals are under way in Singapore.
The WTA Finals have begun in Singapore. On Tuesday, second seed Simona Halep of Romania lost to top seed Angelique Kerber of Germany in two sets in the Red Group round-robin.
In her first match, Halep defeated the American player Madison Keys 6-2, 6-4. Keys still has a chance to reach the semifinals, having won her second match, against Dominika Cibulkova of Slovenia, in two sets: 6-1, 6-4.
In the final Red Group matches on Thursday, Simona Halep faces Dominika Cibulkova at 4 pm local time, while Angelique Kerber plays against Madison Keys in the evening, but not before 7.30. Halep's chances to reach the next round are optimistic only if Kerber defeats Keys. If Keys wins, Halep must not lose one single set against Cibulkova in order to qualify. In their head-to-head stats, Cibukova leads Halep 3-2. The Romanian player won however their latest match this year in Madrid in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4.
Simona Halep is at her third consecutive WTA Finals. In her first appearance in 2014, she reached the finals, her best result to date, while in 2015 she did not qualify past the group stage.
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