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Australian Open: Simona Halep crushes Danka Kovinic to race into fourth round

Simona Halep continued her dominant streak at the Australian Open with a crushing win over Danka Kovinic to reach the fourth round.

Halep, a two-time Grand Slam champion, took just 65 minutes to beat Montenegro's Kovanic 6-2 6-1.

The Romanian 14th seed has won all eight of her matches this year and has yet to drop a set at Melbourne Park.

She will face Alize Cornet next after the Frenchwoman beat Slovenian 29th seed Tamara Zidansek 4-6 6-4 6-2.

Halep has dropped just 12 games in her first three matches at this year's tournament.