Tuesday was a super busy day at the Nature Valley International in Eastbourne with plenty of first-round and second-round matches, while some players even had to play two singles matches one after the other.
Sixth seed Simona Halep raced into the third round with a 6-2 6-0 victory over Hsieh Su-Wei in just 53 minutes. After saving a break point in her first service game, Halep confidently marched through the rest of the match, serving at 71% and making most of her opponent’s drop shots unsuccessful. The Romanian is also in the doubles draw this time, partnered with compatriot Raluca Olaru, and their first-round upset of top seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Xu Yifan really helped the former singles No.