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Patna : Top seed Simona Halep, 28, Romania, won the women singles title at Italian Open after defending champion and 2nd seed Karolina Pliskova, 28, Czech Republic, retired in the second set due to injury trailing 0-6, 1-2 in the final at Foro Italico, Rome, Italy, on September 21, 2020.
Simona won 5 break points in the match to 1 by Pliskova. She won 7 games in a row in the match. It was third time lucky for Simona Halepas she had lost to Elina Svitolina,26, Ukraine, in the Italian Open Final in 2017 and 2018.