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Last year`s world rankings leader and finalist Simona Halep recorded an impressive victory in the third round of the Australian Open against US veteran Venus Williams. The Romanian won with 6:2, 6:3 for just 1 hour and 17 minutes and it was practically the easiest match since the start of the tournament. But at the 1/8-finals, Halep, will have an even more difficult task as he will confront the younger sister of Venus - Serena, who earlier today gave only three games to the Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska (6:2, 6:1). There were no breakthroughs in the first three games, and Venus Williams had an advance of 2:1, but Halep took the lead and won the first set with a series of 5 consecutive games. At the beginning of the second part, the two tennis players exchanged a breakthrough, and 3:3, the 38-year-old Vinus was equal to her rival, then the Romanian dominated the court and with 6:3 won the set and the matches.

The third round, meanwhile, she overcame Garbine Muguruza, placed under No. 18 in the scheme. The Spaniard won 7:6 (5), 6:2 over the Swiss Timea Bacsinszky. The duel began with swaps and in the fifth game Bachinski again made a break and led with 4:2. Muguruza turned the score to 5:4 in his favor, and at 6:5 there was a setball at the serve of the Swiss. Bacsinszky, however, rescued himself to a tiebreak in which Muguruza led with 5:2 and seemed close to success in the first set. The Spaniard allowed two consecutive mini-bouts and the result was 5:4, but the next point was for the former leader in the world rankings - 6:4. Bacsinszky reflected a new set, but Muguruza ended the 7:5 part in the tiebreak. The second set also started to break through and Bachinski even led with 2:1, but with a series of 5 consecutive games, Muguruza broke his rival.

In the next round of the tournament, the Spanish will score strength with the winner of the match analyzed by bestfootballpredictions between the cheerleader Karolina Pliskova (No 7) and the Italian Camila Giorgi (No27).

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