Serena Williams and Simona Halep didn’t disappoint in Melbourne.
Their 4th round was considered as the big clash between the world no.1 and the GOAT (The Greatest Of All Time) and that ended up in a huge battle.
The match
Serena didn’t start well to be broken immediately in the first game at love. Then, the American came back in style to win the following t6 games and the first set in just 20 minutes (6-1).
Things looked really bad for Simona when she was broken in the 3rd game of the 2nd set (1-2), but this time the Romanian managed to break immediately (2-2) to break the American again in the 10th game (6-4) and bring the affair to the decider.
The third set was a sheer battle and the critical moment was the 6th game when Serena manage to hold after saving 2 break points. Then it was Simona to crack in the following game to drop her serve (3-4), and … that was it! Serena lost just 2 points in the next 2 service games to win this great contest 6-1 4-6 6-4 in 1 hour and 47 minutes.
Head to head Serena Williams vs. Karolina Pliskova
Serena will face Karolina Pliskova in the quarters. The H2H is 2-1 for Serena Williams.
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