Montreal Aug 10 (IANS) World No.1 woman tennis player Simona Halep from Romania has reached the round of 16 of the Premier 5 tournament after beating Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in three sets.
Halep had to battle against Pavlyuchenkova on Thursday 28th of the world s ranking to win 7-6(9) 4-6 and 7-5 reports Efe.
The Romanian will play in the next round against 13th seeded American Venus Williams who on Thursday beat Halep s compatriot Sorana Cirstea 7-6 (4) 6-4.

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