Australian Open: Halep to meet Serena Williams in last-16 clash worthy of final

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• World No 1 beats Venus Williams for loss of five games
• Serena Williams makes short work of Dayana Yastremska

A fourth-round collision on Monday that will rip the 2019 Australian Open wide apart brings the official world No 1, Simona Halep, and the best player in the history of the game, Serena Williams, together for the ninth time.

The American has an 8-1 grip on that rivalry, but the Romanian comes into the match after beating her sister, Venus, fairly convincingly on day six, 6-2, 6-3 in a little more than an hour-and-a-quarter. However, the younger Williams sister has been in equally awesome form in the first week, taking just over an hour to beat the Ukrainian teenager Dayana Yastremska for the loss of just three games.

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Written by Kevin Mitchell at Melbourne Park
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