Former world No. 1 Simona Halep was glad she was able to start her Madrid campaign on a positive way and set up a second round meeting against world No. 2 Paula Badosa. Halep, who is accompanied by her new coach Patrick Mouratoglou, started her Madrid campaign with a convincing 6-2 6-3 win over Zhang Shuai. Halep claimed two breaks in the first set and three breaks in the second set to seal a pretty much comfortable straight-set win over Zhang. “I’m really happy that I could win this match,” Halep said after the win, per the WT …

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