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\nhow Nadia Comaneci, multiple world, European and Olympic champion, has described
\nher compatriot Simona Halep after the latter’s triumph at Wimbledon. <\/p>\n
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We recall that Simona Halep, a
\nformer WTA number one, romped home on Saturday at Wimbledon, obtaining the
\nfirst such performance in the history of Romanian tennis. Simona clinched a two
\nset win against the US super-champion Serena Williams. Three-time Wimbledon
\nsingles champion John McEnroe told the BBC after the finals that lasted less
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Another legend of the American
\ntennis, Billie Jean King, congratulated Simona Halep describing the game as ‘one
\nof the most perfectly executed matches I have ever seen’. Former Romanian
\nchampion Ilie Nastase, who lost two Wimbledon finals, to US player Stan Smith
\nin 1972 and to Bjorn Borg of Sweden in 1976 said that he felt vindicated by
\nSimona’s Wimbledon victory. <\/p>\n
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CNN headlined on its webpage: ‘History was
\nmade after Simona Halep became the first Romanian to win Wimbledon when she
\ndefeated Serena Williams 6-2 6-2’. And the BBC wrote: ‘The Romanian won 6-2 6-2 in
\nfront of an incredulous Centre Court, running after everything the American
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The tournament organizers have congratulated Simona on
\nTwitter for her magic show against Williams, while France Press remarked
\nSimona’s aggressive play. According to Reuters, ‘Halep began the week halting American 15-year-old Coco Gauff’s dream run
\nand will end it at the Champions Ball after dismantling seven-times winner
\nWilliams 6-2 6-2 with an inspired display on Centre Court’. The new Wimbledon winner
\nexplains how she built her remarkable career. <\/p>\n
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Simona Halep: I am happy with the way I played and the way I reacted to such an
\nimportant event and such a great day. I fought, worked hard and suffered all
\nthese years and everything I did was to be as best on court as I possibly could.
\nI reached a high level and feel I have a lot of confidence. I never thought I would
\nbe number one and win a Grand Slam but I had this dream and for it I worked day
\nin and day out. As I have said many times, Romanians are gifted but don’t trust
\nthemselves very much. We must begin to be better, believe in ourselves and look
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The 27 year old Romanian has thus secured her second
\nGrand Slam after the one in Paris last year. Halep also played in two Grand
\nSlam finals in Paris and another one in Australia. She hasn’t so far made it to
\nthe finals of the US Open, but her great shape also recommends her as one of
\nthe favourites. The way she played on clay court, which the Romanian players
\naren’t familiar with, shows that Simona has reached the level of great tennis
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