Tennis - Australian Open - Fourth Round - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 27, 2020 Romania's Simona Halep celebrates winning her match against Belgium's Elise Mertens REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Simona Halep had to be at her counter-punching best to fight off another determined second-set comeback bid from Elise Mertens on Monday as the Romanian world number three advanced to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open.
Halep, a beaten finalist at Melbourne Park two years ago, moved on with a 6-4 6-4 victory that sets up a meeting with Estonia's 28th-seed Anett Kontaveit in the last eight.
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