Australian Open: Halep Beats Bourchard To Reach Third Round
Top seed Simona Halep on Thursday proved critics wrong over her fitness with a brisk 6-2 6-2 victory over Canada's Eugenie Bouchard to reach the third round of the Australian Open.
The Romanian world number one sprained her ankle in her first round match at Melbourne Park on Tuesday, but showed no sign of restricted movement in a 65-minute romp on Margaret Court Arena.
Bouchard, who had beaten Halep in the 2014 Wimbledon semi-finals, was broken by Halep seven of the eight times she served.
The Canadian Bouchard made 26 erroneous strikes, conceding defeat with the last of them after Halep had fired down a huge forehand which she could only balloon wide of the court.
Halep has now set up a third round meeting with American Lauren Davies.
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Sodiq Oyeleke is a Media, Human Resources, Project Management and Public Relations Practitioner
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