Starting at 7:30 a.m. Beijing time on March 19, Indian Wells' two women's singles semifinals will be fiercely contested, with the second half facing No. 5 seed Bardoza and No. 6 seed Sakkari, while the semifinal lineup in the top half is No. 3 seed Swatek and a No. 24 seed.
Of course, the young seeded player at this year's tournament is not simple at all, the 24th seed is Romanian player Simone Halep, who not only holds two Grand Slam trophies, but also a former tournament champion in Indian Wells.
After coming to Indian Wells, Halep showed a good competitive state, she defeated Alessandrova, Gauff, Costia and Martich on the way to the promotion, except for the first round and Alexandrova fierce three sets, the remaining games were two straight sets to advance.
Halep has reached the women's singles final four in Indian Wells for the fourth time in his career, and only Davenport (8 times), Sharapova (6 times) and Singis (5 times) are currently surpassing this number.
So what did Halep achieve after reaching the final four of the IW tournament in the first three times? Let's take a look at it together!
#2014年
Strong breakout, the first IW tournament final four
The 2014 season was definitely the year Halep began to explode, after winning six Tour titles in 2013, she won two races in Qatar and Bucharest.
Moving to Indian Wells, Halep, as the No. 6 seed of the tournament, defeated Neroyumi, Safalova, Bouchard and Dracell to reach the semi-finals, and was eventually eliminated by the No. 2 seed A. Radwanska.
It is worth mentioning that China's Jinhua Li Na also advanced to the IW Women's Singles Final Four this year, and she was eliminated by Italy's Penetta, who finally won the championship in the semi-finals.
#2015年
Strong first time to win the championship
In the 2015 season, Halep achieved two consecutive years of reaching the Indian Wells Women's Singles Semifinals, a year in which she defeated Savile, Lepcchenko, Ka Pliskova and Navarro.
Halep's semi-final opponent was top seed Serena Williams, who eventually withdrew from Halep to advance directly to the final, where he fought hard in three sets to reverse Jankovic to win the women's singles title.
#2018年
The number one seed successfully made stars
Fast forward to the 2018 season, Halep, who appeared as the top seed in the IW tournament, defeated Ke Pliskova, Doleheide, Wang Qiang and Marttic for the third time in his career to reach the IW women's singles final four.
This time, her semi-final opponent was Japanese player Naomi Osaka, who was still an unseeded player in the tournament and did not win a Grand Slam title.
In the end, Naomi Osaka swept the top seeds to reach the Indian Wells women's singles final with a strong performance, and won the first career title with kasakina.
So how far do you think Halep can go at this year's IW? (Source: House of Tennis Author: Barbie)