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Romanian Simona Halep will meet seed No. 28 Anett Kontaveit in the Australian Open quarterfinals, after the Estonian defeated Poland's Iga Swiatek 6-7 (4), 7-5, 7-5 in the fourth round of the tournament on Monday.
It took Kontaveit (24 years, WTA No. 31) two hours and 42 minutes to secure the victory against the 18-year-old Swiatek (WTA 55th). The Polish player scored 42 winners versus 29 for Kontaveit, but she also made more mistakes, with the unforced errors count standing at 51-35.
Kontaveit rallied from a set and a break down to seal the victory.
2018 Melbourne runner-up Simona Halep won both matches played with Kontaveit in 2017, in the Miami Open third round 6-3, 6-0, and in the Italian Open quarterfinals, 6-2, 6-4.
Spain's Garbine Muguruza also moved to the last eight after prevailing 6-3, 6-3 over Dutch Kiki Bertens, No. 9 seed. Her next opponent will be the winner between Angelique Kerber (Germany / No.17 seed) and Anastasia Pavliucenkova (Russia / No.30 seed).
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