Simona Halep reaches semi-finals at Indian Wells. Will climb to 5th position in the WTA

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep is through to the semi finals of the Indian Wells Masters tournament  in California after beating Australia’s Casey Dellacqua.

Halep beat Dellacqua 6-2, 6-2 to progress to the semi-finals. This will send Halep to number 5 WTA, the best achievement of a Romanian tennis player in the WTA so far.

She will now play second-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, who reached the semi-finals with a three-set win over former world number one Jelena Jankovic.

What the foreign press is saying

USA Today: Red-hot Romanian Simona Halep surges into semis

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Simona Halep calls herself a regular girl who likes to shop, listen to music, and use WhatsApp on her phone. But the 22-year-old Romanian’s play the last few months is anything but ordinary.

Tennis World: Simona Halep, Agnieszka Radwanska and Flavia Pennetta into the quarter-finals!

In the most interesting match of the day, the Romanian needed three sets to gain the edge over young rising star and Australian Open semifinalist Eugenie Bouchard. After dominating a set each, the contenders took the clash to a third deciding set. In the end Halep’s major expertise was worth a win as the World No.7 took the match with the final score of 6-2 1-6 6-4.

ABC News: Casey Dellacqua’s Indian Wells run ends at the hands of Simona Halep

Casey Dellacqua’s six-game winning streak came to an abrupt end at the hands of an even bigger improver on the women’s tennis tour, as the Australian was easily dispatched by Simona Halep at the Indian Wells Masters tournament.