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Simona Halep vs Venus Williams: Australian Open live scores, blog

19th January, 2019
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S. Halep (ROU)

2

Match Complete

V. Williams (USA)

0

SIM2 : 0SIM

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19th January, 2019
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Simona Halep won in 2 sets
Match: Finished 12
S. Halep (ROU) (1)66
V. Williams (USA)23

Completed Sets
Set won by S. Halep 6 - 3 S. Halep leads 2 to 0
Set won by S. Halep 6 - 2 S. Halep leads 1 to 0

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Match result:

Simona Halep has moved past Venus Williams with ease in the third round of the Australian Open, winning in straight sets.

Final score
Simona Halep 6 6
Venus Williams 2 3

Match preview:

The world No.1, Simona Halep, takes on a legend of the game in Venus Williams tonight in a battle to make the last 16 of the Australian Open. Join The Roar for live scores and coverage from 7pm (AEDT).

Around this time last year, Simona Halep must have wondered where her first grand slam title would come from.

She managed to work her way through the Australian Open field before losing an epic final to Caroline Wozniacki.

To her credit, her wait didn’t take much longer as she can back from a set down to beat Sloane Stephens in the final at Roland Garros.

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Outside her first grand slam title, Halep had a stellar year in 2018, winning in Shenzen and Montreal.

Halep came into the 2019 Australian Open with limited match practice, losing to Ash Barty in Sydney.

As was the case last year, she has come through two tough three-set matches to still be in the running.

You get the feeling it doesn’t get any easier tonight.

Her opponent, Venus Williams, doesn’t really need an introduction.

A winner of seven grand slam singles titles dating back to 2000, the older Williams is loved around the world.

She does play an abbreviated schedule these days, leading to her No.36 world ranking and unseeded status here.

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Venus Williams is floater in the draw and, for Halep, this is a dangerous match up.

Williams has also survived two three-set encounters, beating Alize Cornet in the second round.

Prediction
Williams does lead 3-2 in the head to head but, importantly, Halep has won the last two. Their last meeting was in Montreal last year where Halep won 6-2 6-2 on a hard court.

For that reason, I am going to tip Halep tonight. Although, given the trend so far, I think she will take three sets to do it.

Simona Halep in 3 sets.

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