Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic has come achingly close to claiming the biggest scalp of her career, falling just short against world No.2 Simona Halep in their Australian Open second-round clash.
Tomljanovic took a 5-2 lead in the third and served for the match but the reigning Wimbledon champion steamed back to win five games in a row to secure a 4-6 6-4 7-5 victory.
The 72nd-ranked Tomljanovic used her big groundstrokes to pummel the Romanian, who was an Open semi-finalist last year and finalist in 2018, but fell agonisingly short.
