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Simona Halep through after fighting past Bethanie Mattek-Sands

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Simona Halep is into the Australian Open fourth round as she fought her way past Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

Simona Halep has beaten Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-4 7-5 today to book her place in the Australian Open fourth round.

The Romanian was allowed to ease her way into the match, before she broke the American's serve midway through the opening set and efficiently served it out to take the lead.

Simona Halep of Romania celebrates winning in her third round match against Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the United States during day five of the 2015 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 23, 2015© Getty Images

With her confidence flowing, Halep put her foot down in the second set and she quickly secured two breaks of serve, but Mattek-Sands showed both resilience and quality to win three games in a row.

However, her comeback was quickly nipped in the bud by the third seed, who broke for a fourth time and served out the match.

Halep will face Belgian Yanina Wickmayer in the next round.

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