Sydney International: Ashleigh Barty beats No. 1 Simona Halep in Romanian's tour return
Tennis | January 09, 2019 15:15 ISTIt was Halep's first match since October after a lengthy layoff due to a herniated disc in her back.
It was Halep's first match since October after a lengthy layoff due to a herniated disc in her back.
It will be the first time Halep has played since the French Open champion ended her season in October due to a herniated disc in her back.
Kerber, the 2016 Australian Open champion, won four consecutive singles matches at the Hopman Cup, followed by five in Sydney International.
Angelique Kerber won all four singles at the Hopman Cup and now all four in Sydney en route to the final.
Kerber, who began last year at the top of the rankings before finishing at No. 22, won her seventh straight match of 2018, including four singles at the Hopman Cup last week.
There was not much of a difference in the two teams as the winners won 70 points to the 64 of Bopanna and Roger- Vasselin.
Muguruza later has withdrawn from her next match because of a right thigh injury, handing a walkover to her quarterfinal opponent Daria Gavrilova.
Muguruza entered the fourth day of the tournament as the only female seeded player remaining following second-seeded Venus Williams' second-round loss on Tuesday.
Kerber, who dropped to No.22 following a poor 2017 season, needed to save two match points before beating Lucie Safarova in three sets on Monday.
US Open champion Sloane Stephens lost her first match of the year, beaten 6-3, 6-0 by Italian qualifier Camila Giorgi and is short of match practice ahead of the Australian Open which starts in Melbourne next week.
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