Simona Halep closes Cori Gauff’s Wimbledon 2019 chapter

Former world No.1 Simona Halep was too big a bite for 15-year-old qualifier Cori Gauff, ending the 15-year-old’s fairytale Wimbledon run in the fourth round 6-3 6-3.Playing on No.1 Court that propelled her into tennis stardom, the world No.313 Gauff never endangered Halep, even though she stayed competitive when facing deficits and saved two match points to prolong the encounter by one game.

The match opened by an exchange of breaks, initiated by Halep, and even though the Romanian made three double faults in the fourth game, she did hold serve for 2-2, and that was about the last time that Halep was endangered in the 42-minute first set, if we exclude a couple of good winners by Gauff on…