While she may not like to be reminded of the 10-year age gap between Anisimova and herself, Halep is confident she can handle whatever the world number 51 throws at her. "I feel old... very old. "So I feel like they have this feeling all the time when they play with someone better ranked. Anisimova announced herself on the big stage in January by reaching the fourth round of the Australian Open and won her maiden WTA title in Bogota in April. Austrian fourth seed Dominic Thiem faces Russia's Karen Khachanov.

Source: The Star June 05, 2019 02:03 UTC