Halep battles past Swiatek in Melbourne to avenge Paris loss

Second seed Simona Halep survived a first-set wobble to beat Iga Swiatek 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the Australian Open fourth round on Sunday as the Romanian avenged her shock defeat by the Polish teenager at the same stage of last year's French Open. Halep roared back with an early break in the second set as her crafty baseline play frustrated her teenage opponent, who made a string of errors....