Second seed Halep escapes major fright at Australian Open

Second seed Halep escapes major fright at Australian Open
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Melbourne (AFP)
Second seed Simona Halep was rattled by big-hitting Alja Tomljanovic Wednesday, but won five games in a row to survive a major scare and reach the Australian Open third round.
The two-time Grand Slam winner was pushed to the brink by the gutsy Australian in a see-saw second round clash before finally prevailing 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 in two hours and 34 minutes.
Halep, who lost just three games to Australian wildcard Lizette Cabrera in the first round, rallied from 5-2 down in the third set.
"I was expecting a difficult match but it was more than I thought," she said.

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