Halep holds off Barty to reach Madrid semis
Romania’s Simona Halep and Australia’s Ashleigh Barty shake hands after their quarter-final match at the Madrid Open May 9, 2019. — Reuters pic
Romania’s third seed and former world number one will next play the winner from top seed Naomi Osaka and on-form Swiss Belinda Bencic.
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