Halep advances to third round of the 2021 Australian Open

Simona Halep came back from a 2-5 final-set deficit to claim a 4-6 6-4 7-5 triumph over Ajla Tomljanovic on Wednesday night, a victory that sends the second seed into the third round of Australian Open 2021.

know that she’s a very tough opponent and I expected it to be a difficult match, but it was more than I thought,” said Halep, who stretched her head-to-head advantage over Tomljanovic to 4-0 with the win.

“I was not that positive when I was talking to myself,” admitted Halep. “Mentally, I think I was a little bit stronger and I wanted to, I had the desire to win the match and I didn’t want to give up.”