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Australian Open: Aryna Sabalenka and Simona Halep both through to fourth round

Second seed Aryna Sabalenka fought her way past Marketa Vondrousova to reach the Australian Open fourth round.

The Belarusian, bidding to reach the semi-finals at Melbourne Park for the first time, recovered well to beat the Czech 31st seed 4-6 6-3 6-1.

She will face Kaia Kanepi next after the Estonian beat Australian wildcard Maddison Inglis 2-6 6-2 6-0.

Earlier, Simona Halep continued her dominant streak with a crushing 6-2 6-1 win over Danka Kovinic.

Sabalenka had a breakthrough 2021, reaching both the Wimbledon and US Open semi-finals.

She has struggled on serve this season with 70 double faults in her previous four matches this year, including 31 in her first two matches at the Australian Open.