Svitolina dominates Halep to defend Rome title

Elina Svitolina eased through the Internazionali BNL d’Italia final against Simona Halep to win the Premier 5 title for the second year in a row.The fourth-seeded Svitolina bageled Halep in the first set in just 19 minutes, winning 24 out of 32 points despite getting only 47% of her first serves in. In the second set, the top-seeded Halep managed to hold serve in the beginning, but Svitolina once again took a lead, 3-1. At 3-2 for Svitolina, Halep took an off-court medical timeout, but when play resumed the Ukrainian continued to hold on to her lead and comfortably won the final 6-0 6-4. Halep never even earned a break point in the match, even though there were moments when she threatened Svitolina, especially early in the second set.

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