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Romanian tennis player Simona Halep has qualified on Thursday night for the semifinals of the USD 916,131 WTA Doha tournament after defeating German Julia Goerges, 7-6 (1) 7-6 (6).
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Halep (27 y/o, WTA #3), main seeded who starting next Monday will climb to #2 WTA, prevailed in two hours.
Simona Halep, a champion ever since 2014 and last year's semifinalist, secured a USD 45,320 cheque and 185 WTA points.
In the next to the last match, Halep will face off Ukrainian Elina Svitolina (24 y/o, WTA #7), who defeated Czech Karolina Muchova, 6-4 6-2.
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