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Coach Darren Cahill declared Simona Halep’s 2019 Wimbledon final performance against Serena Williams as the best one of the Romanian’s career. After becoming a Grand Slam champion at the 2018 French Open, Halep lifted her second Slam title the following year at Wimbledon after ousting Williams 6-2 6-2.
Cahill, who worked with Halep for six years, thinks the Romanian’s 2018 French Open run also gave her the belief she could do the same at Wimbledon. “So I enjoyed every piece of those years that we spent together. She backed it up in 2019 by winning the Wimbledon final and playing incredibly well through the semis and final.
I think the best match she ever played was against Serena (Williams) in that final. She struggled a little bit to get through to the semis and the finals but once she got there she had a real sense of belief and I think if she didn’t win the Roland Garros final the year before she would have never played to that level to win Wimbledon.
And credit to her and she is an amazing young lady,” Cahill said on the Advantage Connors podcast.
Cahill on how Halep is viewed in Romania
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