Wimbledon: ‘Good, yet difficult match,' says Simona Halep

Former champion Simona Halep reached the Wimbledon fourth round on Saturday with a comfortable 64 61 win over Polandrsquos Magdalena Frech Halep seeded 16 fired an impressive 24 winners past her 92ndranked opponent who has never beaten a top20 playerldquoIt was a good match but a little difficult because of the windrdquo said 2019 champion Halep who has yet to drop a set this year at the tournamentldquoI have great memories here and having won the title here before helps my confidencerdquo The Romanian will next face either twotime champion Petra Kvitova or fourthseeded Paula Badosa for a place in the quarterfinalsCoco Gauff shockedMeanwhile Amanda Anisimova came from behind to beat 11th seed Coco Gauff 67 47 62 61 in an allAmerican clash on Wimbledonrsquos Centre Court on Saturday French Open finalist Coco Gauff took the first set after a tiebreak but was broken three times in the second set as the 20th seed levelled the matchThe 20yearold served out to love to set up a fourthround match against Serena Williamsrsquos conqueror Harmony Tan who defeated British wild card Katie Boulter earlier on SaturdayAlso Read Wimbledon Wild card Van Rijthoven enters Last 16Tomljanovic in fourth roundAjla Tomljanovic reached the Wimbledon last 16 on Saturdaymdasha surprise for her father who only booked her into tournament accommodation until after the second round Despite making the quarterfinals last year Ratko Tomljanovic had only reserved their nearby house until Friday ldquoI was like you thought Irsquod lose second roundrdquo said TomljanovicldquoAt least book it till like Sunday So itrsquos a good problem to have Irsquom not really satisfied being in the third round and then moving housesrdquo The 29yearold Australian said finding a new place was a headache ldquoThe problem was itrsquos so hard to find something London is packed and I didnrsquot want to stay an hour away He didnrsquot take it well I gave him a lot of grief yesterdayrdquo Tomljanovic managed to find a hotel near the All England Club on Friday With that settled she was able to seal a 26 64 63 win over Czech 13th seed and 2021 French Open champion Barbora KrejcikovaAcco headache for AjlaHowever there was more bad news from Ratko on Saturday ldquoToday when I finished hersquos like lsquoOh I have to book againrsquo I was like lsquoyoursquore kidding mersquo He wasnrsquot kidding but he managed to book the same hotel so I have a room probably until Tuesday But I donrsquot care I said even if someone is joining me in my room Irsquom not leaving this hotelrdquoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever