Chilled Halep catches fire to dispatch Azarenka at Wimbledon


By ToDavis
  • Tennis
  • Saturday, 06 Jul 2019

Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 5, 2019 Romania's Simona Halep reacts during her third round match against Belarus' Victoria Azarenka REUTERS/Toby Melville

LONDON (Reuters) - Simona Halep was supposedly having a 'chill' year, but for a little over an hour on Wimbledon's Centre Court the ice-cool Romanian was on fire as she swatted aside Victoria Azarenka 6-3 6-1 on Friday to reach the fourth round.

Halep's form has understandably dipped since she won the French Open last year to lift the weighty millstone of several Grand Slam final failures and she said her intention in 2019 was to mentally ease off the throttle.

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