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Kerber maintains Singapore form
- Updated: October 26, 2016
World No 1 Angelique Kerber closed in on a semi-final spot at the WTA Finals by beating Simona Halep in straight sets in Singapore.
Kerber was ruthless in dispatching the Romanian 6-4 6-2 in 82 minutes to secure her second victory in the Red Group of the season-closing tournament.
While the match was closer than the scoreline might suggest, German Kerber was able to find a consistency absent in her feisty counterpart, who struggled to find a reliable rhythm and appeared uncharacteristically off-balance at times.
Unforced errors were the crucial factor in a contest that pitted two of the game’s best ball-strikers against one another, and Halep’s failure to convert several key points mid-match proved decisive. Kerber reeled off five straight …
