World number two tennis player Simona Halep, for the first time in her career, defeated Russian star player Maria Sharapova in the China Open. Halep has made it to the quarterfinals of the women's singles category, defeating Sharapova 6-2, 6-2 in the China Open on Wednesday.
According to the news agency Xinhua, the wild card holder Sharapova appeared very troubled by the Romanian player Halep 's service.
After the match, Sharapova said, "She played very well in the whole match. It was probably her best game against me in previous matches, I did not play much better."
She said, "She was always striking the ball well, She was not doing much mistakes, Her service was fantastic and she did all the good things."
In the quarter-finals, Hallep will face the winner of the match between Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska and Russia's Daria Cassatkina.
