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title: "Halep thrashes Kontaveit to reach Melbourne semis"
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# Halep thrashes Kontaveit to reach Melbourne semis

> MELBOURNE, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Fourth seed Simona Halep took just 53 minutes to thrash Estonian Anett Kontaveit 6-1 6-1 and storm into the semi-finals of the Australian Open on Wednesday.

By Reuters · Published 29 January 2020, 07:12 SAST

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Halep had not lost a set in her previous two meetings with Kontaveit, who managed just one breakpoint on the former world number one's serve.

The Romanian, runner-up at Melbourne Park in 2018, will meet either Spaniard Garbine Muguruza or Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia for a place in Saturday's final. (Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly; editing by Peter Rutherford)