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World number one Halep makes last four in Australian Open

[PHOTO: COURTESY]

World number one Simona Halep overcame a nervous start to batter sixth seed Karolina Pliskova into submission in their Australian Open quarter-final yesterday.

The Romanian reeled off nine games in a row and 12 of the last 14 games to recover from 0-3 en route to a 6-3, 6-2 victory in one hour 11 minutes on Rod Laver Arena.

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