Simona Halep surged to number one in the world for the first time. She accomplished the feat as she beat Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko 6-2, 6-4 to enter the final of the China Open . The Romanian's ousting of Spaniard Garbine Muguruza at the top of the women's game will be officially confirmed next week when the latest rankings are released. For Halep, who went into the semi-final on Beijing's outdoor hard courts as world number two, victory was revenge after Ostapenko won their duel in the French Open final earlier this year. She was always in control against the world number eight Ostapenko and put herself on the way to victory when she broke the talented 20-year-old in the first game of the first set.

Source: dna October 07, 2017 09:11 UTC