Last Updated on January 21, 2019
The 16th racket of the world, American Serena Williams, in three sets beat Romanian Simona Halep, who occupies the first line of the WTA rating, with a score of 6/1, 4/6, 6/4 in the fourth round of the Australian Open.
The meeting lasted 1 hour 47 minutes. During this time, the 37-year-old Williams completed nine aces, twice made a mistake when serving and sold five break points, and the 27-year-old Halep twice served right through, made two double mistakes and made three breaks.
Earlier in a personal meeting was 8: 2 in favor of the American. Serena’s next opponent in Melbourne is the Czech Karolina Pliskova.