it's just crazy how people love Simona all over the world!

What a day for Romanians to see these two play a match.

Halep and tsitsipas is the reason i watch tennis. Love 2 great players

Simona, Naomi and Petra, three most humble and nicest women's on the WTA Tour right now

She earned every bit of that. Take my hat off to her! Salute

Hooo boy! Talk about a come back! Halep can really marvel when she wants to.

Halep, what a fighter!!! Don’t see anyone else from the current female players has the same fighting spirit as she does. Yes, she is at the same time very composed.

It’s unbelievable how Simona fights for every single point. Even the ones you would think it’s not worth running for

It’s like Halep could run for 10 straight hours and not getting tired. 😂😂😂

So close! Halep is so tough! Andreescu is incredible too. Good day for Romania.

Talk about consistency, Simona hasn't been outside WTA Top10 since January 2014, that's almost 6 consecutive years and a WTA record...

The difference between Halep and Andreescu is in attitude and personality. Halep is down to earth, honest, lovely, she respects her opponents, acknowledges their skills, admits her own mistakes. Andreescu is like Sharapova, too proud and cocky, has that "I am the best" superior attitude, which is not normal for her age. They both play good tennis but Andreescu will loose a lot of her fans with this kind of attitude. No wonder there was no hug at the end. I wouldn't feel like hugging such a person either, sorry.

Wimbledon champion vs US open champion! What a match! Both good...somebody has to win...congratulations to both! I love both of them!!!

I love these two amazing ladies👍🤩💐🥳🥳🥳this time I am with Halep 🇦🇩lovely Simona Halep!

Simona is first and foremost a marathon runner , if you don't finish the game fast , in 2 sets , you are on her territory!

Halep is the best mover on the WTA right now, in the end Bianca couldn't handle seeing all those balls coming back to her.

Simona, I have always loved you. You and Serena are my lovests.

The champion.....returns!

Simona...adorable and deadly...the perfect woman...

Simona has best footwork in WTA. Congrats.

Congratulations Simo! You deserved it ❤

What a come back in the game by simona halep.

Great job Simona. Just showed the world that you're still the great champion that we know you are. Pure greatness.

Highest quality tennis offered by 2 romanian girls! (true one is with canadian citizenship, but 100% romanian blood) All my admiration girls!

That match was intense. I hope to see these two play each other more often. Simona really fought back to earn the victory.

Halep i love youuu.number 1 in the world.amazing player

One of the best matches I've seen behind Serena's epic matches!! Simona should get point of the tournament with that match point save! 🙌🏾🎾😱

GRANDISSIMA SIMO!!! FORZA!

Halep in the 1st set was being overpowered but great to see her winning again. She's been at the top for so long now but it never gets boring to watch her. Also her attitude and fight is of a different player then what she was. That is why she has won Grand Slams

Simona really is a fighter, her spirit won her the game

Simona Halep, the Romanian Lioness, the Queen of Tennis.

Her coach and her incredible fitness level got Halep most of her success.

Bai ce-o iubesc (si) chinezii ! Foarte frumos. Simo e cea mai tare 💙💛❤

wow what a match! brilliant rally for the first match head to head between the two grand slam champions. It shows us all that never give up. This tennis game tell a lots that it is not just a physical strength a great tennis player needs to have but mental strengths as well. the experiences also count . Bravo - job well done Halep

Well done Simona! Thank you!😍😍

Simona este o adevarata luptatoare . Romanca care ne madreste in lume ! Felicitari Simona !

Glad to see halep won

She's a legend already 😎👏😎👏😎👏 Congrats Simona

Bravo Simona 🇷🇴!!Mi a plācut atitudinea ta👌, mai ales la sfârsitul meciului.. Baftă în continuare!!❤🎾

Simona is a tiny titaness.

Simona you are the best!!!!! U "earned" it!! Very thrilling and inspiring!!! Love u! This is "TENNIS"!

Congratulations, dear Simona! We love you so much, you make Romanians so proud! Bianca makes Romanians proud, too. Go, girls!

Good comeback and amazing fan support... Si-mo-na! Si-mo-na! Si-mo-na!

This could have easily been a close straight sets win for Bianca, written off by Simona due to lack of match play but no, she didnt want it that way. Amazing effort and beautiful tennis from Simona. Great match

what a match... WoW. congrats Simona fought till the end!

Halep was on fire here. How could she lose against Ostapenko in RG. This still haunts me many years later...

Simona really won this one.

Sheer wiillpower from Simona. Tough to match Simona in a physical contest. A very good start to the YEC! I wanna see a Simona vs Naomi final.

Phenomenal mental from simona +tough shots & variety Oh come on bianca that was a super aggressive performance hats off to U lady

Ça, c'est du tennis 🎾, quel beau match. Félicitations S. Halep.

Simo saved tennis!! Thank you quuen!!

Amazing Match! Both played really well, incredible comeback for Simona!

Addition of Bianca made WTA tournament more exciting and more watchable.

Simona! I love her.

Always Simona 💙 💙💙

10.5 minute highlight video? Thank you WTA!! So sick of these tennis "highlights" that show 1 point a set. And these extended highlights are always from fans. To see it on the official channel in HD is awesome. Keep it up!

Fighter girl activated! Simonator mood 🔥 🔥 🔥

No matter the power play of your opponent Simona, placing of balls was key to winning. Congratulations on this win !!

This is the tournament that will reveal the best of the best. Whoever thought of this is awesome. Every match has been so intense, goodness.

Say whatever about Simona Halep but when she fights she truly unleashes the dogs of war!!!

unbelievable what could this girl do ... force of nature

Simo is the best,congrats my champion!

Darren being back on her team is an advantage for her. She's back to her winning and fighting ways. That was just an example of what this little girl from Romania can do. Simply amazing.

I loveee Halep Brooo

Quando giochi con cuore VINCI!BRAVA SIMONA HALEP

Simona te iubim mult din tot sufletul pentru tot.

I'm a fan of Andreescu even though Queen Serena is still my favourite. Andreescu is a breath of fresh air and her emergence this year has been a wonderful addition to the WTA, which I believe is undergoing a renaissance after quite a few lean years. HOWEVER.....I'm not convinced Bianca i's the real deal. All those proclamations about her being the new Serena and dominating the women's game in the future is wide off the mark. Too many of the matches she wins are hard won 3 setters. This year as the hunter, she's been able to pull through, now she's the hunted and as the top players get the measure of her game, particularly her vulnerable serve, she's going to find it tough to replicate her amazing breakthrough year IMHO. To reach anywhere near the level of Serena's dominance she should be winning far easier matches. Too many of her matches go the distance and as someone who seems injury prone, I'm not convinced she's set to become a multi-slam winner picking up Serena's mantle as all of Canada seems to believe!

If you believe, you win

Love both players. Experience was clue in the end. Wishing both Bianca and Simo nothing but the best, great sportswomen

She really deserves to win! Simo the Great!!! ❤️

Before anything, please know that the full video of this magnificent match can be watched also posted on UKposts, beautifully filmed by Romanian ACASA TV LIVE for the Romanian audience back home, under the title "Simona Halep - Bianca Andreescu". Anybody who enjoys watching great women’s tennis should take a look at this high-quality match between Bianca Andreescu, the 19-year old Canadian/Romanian who beat Serena Williams in the final of the US Open, and Simona Halep, the 29-year old Romanian who beat Serena Williams in the final at Wimbledon. If you've watched both Grand Slam finals involving Serena Williams, the superstar of the past, you can realize immediately after just one or two games in the present match in Shenzhen that the level of play between the two Grand Slam winners, Andreescu and Halep, is markedly one notch higher than in their finals against Serena Williams. Both players seem pretty closely matched here, in spite of the almost 10-year age gap and the huge difference in their experience of play at the very top. The Romanian full-match video (ACASA TV LIVE) betrays its partiality, showing mainly the on-court interventions by Simona's coach, Darren Cahill, with their dialogues (in English) clearly recorded, and very few by Bianca's coach, Sylvain Bruneau. Bruneau is caught by the camera watching the event from his seat in the stands among the group of Bianca's supporters. Bruneau also finds it necessary to come down to give Bianca his own pep talks and pump up her resolve, but most of these interactions are ignored here. How the two girls react to those rapid instructions is not clear. Tto us viewers the two players seem rather slightly irritated, or frustrated. They voice their frustration in response, openly rebelling against the coach's tone of voice and what they sense is the critical attitude of their coaches. It is not clear either whether they can or do really make a positive use of those pieces of instant advice in the heat of the action. All this was before the knee injury Andreescu suffered in her next match that forced her to stop playing and to retire from the tournament, to everybody's huge disappointment. Notice that Bianca is wearing her golden Christian cross necklace, possible as a good-luck token, faithful to her Romanian Catholic background. Whenever she wins a major match, she can be seen very quickly making an unostentatious sign of the Christian cross on her chest, as she did at Indian Wells and at the US Open. Romania is still a traditional Catholic country, and Bianca Andreescu, a Canadian-born citizen, is still faithful to her early Romanian education and parentage. Interestingly, Simona Halep, with the same Romanian Christian tradition, also does a furtive sign of the cross at the end of this match. My favorite, in spite of this Shenzhen loss, remains Bianca Andreescu, who never fails to fascinate me with all the aspects of her remarkable personality on and off the court. Her game is marked by superb athleticism in shot-making and her ferocious amount of power, highly unusual in a 19-year old female player. She always demonstrates excellent tactical sense and most often good finesse in her instant reactions, including her relish for a variety of shots, with the most effective drop shots in female tennis and the fun of some spectacular lob shots. Bianca demonstrates a certain sense of an artistic temperament in tennis, not afraid of taking riks to deliver elegant moves rarely (if ever) seen on a court. Perhaps to escape the boredom of the non-stop baseline slugfest. She plays an aggressive game, willing to finish the point quickly, and coming to the net for a winning volley. In the second set, Bianca even delivers an unusual and very amusing "between-the-legs" shot in the second set, when she is fighting at down 2-4 that proved highly entertaining to the Chinese public. BIANCA AND RESCUE could be an amusing nickname for her. That clownish shot led to her winning the point, whereupon she managed to come back to 4-all and to eventually reach a match point at 6-6 games with 6-6 in the tie-breaker, which she, unfortunately, was unable to concretize. This is the cruelty of tennis. You can reach match point, and still lose the match. It also showcases the unpredictability of the end result and the huge role of chance. The whole match can turn around on one single shot 1/10th of an inch off the line. This is exactly what happened to Andreescu, Halep recovered mentally and physically, reasserted her dominance, playing her way to a final win. Simona Halep, much slimmer and lighter, less powerfully muscled than Bianca, proves that her baseline shot-making is just as good as her opponent's. Very trim and fit, with beautifully sculpted legs, Halep also enjoys the definite advantage of being the fastest-moving player on the female tennis circuit. Her swift sprints from corner to corner, often winning the point with a fabulous shot, are simply awesome. She even incredibly manages to retrieve a few of those otherwise irrecoverable drop shots from Andreescu. In contrast, Bianca, when compared to earlier this year, in Auckland, Acapulco or Indian Wells, seems less willing to go for an all-out sprint to catch the ball, dashing from corner to corner of the baseline, or storming the net. At Indian Wells, Bianca herself explained her success: "I ran like crazy". She was on fire then, ready to engage all her reserve of energy to chase the ball. She even looked a little slimmer there, and mentally more alert. Here, in Shenzhen, she is a bit less fast, more slow-moving, sometimes even looks a shade sleepy, as if losing interest in the point, no longer prodigal of her energy on apparently lost points. Too often, she is not even making a move towards a shot that she too quickly judges lost. As one commentator explained, this is a mistake, you have to extend your racket even if the point seems lost, because you never know what may happen. Bianca is here slightly less sharp, less on her toes, less hungry for the point than when she was earlier in 2019, still a definite underdog. She is here more economical of her energy, less eager to gamble all-out to retrieve an impossible shot. At times one has the impression that she has to shake herself off some sleepy spell. Perhaps she is tired, not sleeping too well in China. Somebody mentioned she might have been on her period. Very possible. Bianca does recognize that she has "good days" and "bad days". It's not clear which one was the case in this match against Simona Halep, a bit of each. Let's note that Bianca has not improved on her sometimes habit of smashing into the net. Truly, in such a balanced contest where skills seem to be fairly equal, the luck of a few critical points does decide the final issue, with the match easily going either way, as if balanced on the fine edge of a knife. This built-in unpredictability remains part of the charm and attraction of a match between two equally gifted players. In any event, this confrontation between two balanced styles is among the very best tennis WTA can offer this year and we are extremely lucky to have it here on UKposts. Looking at the roster of the top female players in the WTA round-robin in Shenzhen, one gets the feeling that Bianca Andreescu seems a bit too plump, too heavy compared to the others. She still is only 19, and has quite some teenage fat to lose. Becoming leaner, slimmer, and wirier, without losing muscle mass and strength, would certainly improve her mobility, especially light-footedness and lateral speed, where Simona Halep demonstrates undeniable superiority. Becoming lighter may also decrease the forces at impact on Andreescu's joints, knee and shoulder, decrease the incidence of injuries and improve her chances of longevity at the top echelon of the game. Too frequent and recurring injuries might shorten her career drastically, as effectively happened right after this match. Bianca has to quit the round robin during her next encounter. Already at this young age, she is forced to skip too many tournaments. Her meditation or visualization model should be more along the lines of Venus Williams rather than Serena Williams.

Really lk the way halep play's great.

Well done, Hallep.

What a great match. I felt I was watching Nadal vs Novak. Electrifying performance by both of them !!

Bravo Simona. Superb jucat.

_i forgot how it felt like to lose_

that is our fighter girl!! Simo❤

Wow no hug or nothing... a friendly rivalry (no love lost on the court) I guess... and I like that

Hai Simona ! ❤️👏👏👏

The handshake is quite surprising, it’s not what I really expected. I was hoping for more affection considering the fact that Simo is someone Bianca looks up to and also, Simo gave some advices to Bianca.

Beautiful to watch. I sometimes get angry when I see abilities I can only dream of. But then there’s the spirit inside that can only admire. Hot.

What a fighter halep

It's a battle of the champions ☺

Felicitări Simona! 🤗

I’m glad Simona has Darren back in her corner

Simona is a warrior. And Bianca a worthy opponent. Great match, really thrilling to watch.

Loved the fact Simona smirked when she won the second set ! She’s like bring it on ! you are not getting past me 🙏🏼🙅🏻‍♂️

It was a great match

Felicitari simona asa sa faci si miine sa lupti a venit vremea sa castigi si tu turneul campioanelor ca doar esti o campioana nuo asa grei maine cu svitolona bateo 😉😊🚀🚀🎾

Felicitării 👏Super🇹🇩 Simona ❤🇹🇩

Sa-i fie rusine mucoasei Andreescu pt modul cum a reactionat la mingiile castigate!Niciodata nu am vazut-o reactionand asa,nici macar cand a castigat in fata Serenei Wiliams!O felicit pe Simona pt lectia de tenis pe care i-a servit-o.Pana acum am fost un simpatizant al Andreei ,dar comportamentul ei lipsit de sportivitate fata de un fost nr 1 mondial ma face sa nu o mai plac!

Amazing game!Good look Simona! 💪🏆😘🌟🎾👏💖👍💐

incredibile cosa a potuto fare😱😱😱...forza della natura questa ragazza

Days like these when you realise how important having a good team backing you up can turn the match around. Streamed this live and all I can say is Simona executed whatever Cahill advised her which eventually got her to win. She did say in the interview he provided a big boost in her confidence like he always does and also that she called him too many times on court so she wasn't allowed to call him more. Simo all the way ❤

CONGRATULATIONS SIMONA

Great comeback

Simona won that second set and Darren Cahill sitting there like “oh we got this easy”

I love this match 😍😍

There is nothing more Beautiful , than Romanian ...Stile! Thank you , So much Simona and Bianca ! Nu e nimic mai Frumos, decit Stilul ... Romanesc....! Multumesc, Mult, Bianca si Simona !

No positive remarks for Halep from the lady commentator.