US Open - Halep overcomes Babos to progress to last 16, Radwanska also through

ByEurosport

Updated 04/09/2016 at 00:02 GMT

Simona Halep of Romania, the women's fifth seed, beat Hungary’s Timea Babos 6-1 2-6 6-4 to progress to the next round of the US Open.

Simona Halep of Romania hits a return to Timea Babos of Hungary during their 2016 US Open women's singles match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 3, 2016 in New York.

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Halep raced into to a one-set lead taking all three of her break opportunities on offer but Babos battled forced a deciding set claiming the second stanza 6-2.

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Babos opened up a 3-1 advantage in the final set but Halep drew on all her experience to see it out to progress to the last 16.

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"I don't know how I came back. I felt like I didn't play my best but I was fighting to the end for every ball," said Halep post match.

"I did everything I could today and I'm really happy I could finish the match in my way," said fifth seed Simona Halep after avoiding a third-round upset by defeating Hungary's Timea Babos 6-1 2-6 6-4.

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Agnieszka Radwanska registered an unusually comfortable third-round win over France's Caroline Garcia.

Radwanska, who had been extended to three sets in three of her four matches against 25th seed Garcia, romped into the round of 16 with a 6-2 6-3 victory in breezy conditions at Louis Armstrong Stadium.

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It will be the 27-year-old Radwanska's fifth trip to the fourth round at the US Open but she has failed to advance beyond that stage in New York, unlike the other grand slams.