Simona Halep found out her possible opponents at the WTA 1000 tournament in Toronto (August 8-14). The former world number one won the trophy on the Canadian tour no less than twice during her career (2016, 2018).

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The organizers made the draw for the Toronto Masters, and Simona Halep will have an easy opponent in the first and second rounds.

Only in the third round, the athlete from Romania was able to face a strong player: Anette Kontaveit.

Simona Halep is the only player from Romania to play in Toronto after Sorana Kirstia was replaced by Bianca Andreescu.

Simona Halep’s virtual track at the Masters in Toronto

First round: Qualifier

II round: Shuai Zhang (40 WTA)

Optimists: Annette Kontaveit / Jill Teichmann / Venus Williams

Quarters: Corey Gauff / Arina Sabalanka / Olena Rybakina

Semifinals: Paula Badosa / Petra Kvitova / Jelena Ostapenko / Jessica Pegula / Emma Reducanu

Final: Iga Sviatek / Ons Jaber / Maria Sakkari / Belinda Bencic / Garbine Muguruza / Naomi Osaka.

The tournament in Toronto has a prize pool of $2,697,250 and is held on a “hard” surface. The last winner is the Italian Camila Giorgi.

In 2021, Simona Halep was stopped in the second round, losing to Danielle Collins.