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It took Simona Halep just 60 minutes to get to the Wimbledon quarter-finals.
On her return to Centre Court, Halep defeated the error-strewn Spaniard.
There is only one Grand Slam winner left in the women's draw.
She will play the American after he defeated Tan.
Halep missed last year's Wimbledon with an injury and didn't defend her title in 2020 because of the Covid-19 outbreak.
She said Centre Court was where she wanted to be.
I thought I played well. It was nice to be back on Centre Court and the crowd was great.
The first set was dominated by Halep, with 17 winners flying from her racquet, and she saved the only break point she faced.
The Romania broke Badosa in the third game and then broke again to love in the fourth game as Badosa crumbled.
The Spaniard was dragged from 40-15 to deuce as she served to stay in the set because she couldn't find the lines.
There was a sigh of relief as a netted shot from Badosa gave Halep the first set.
Badosa found some resistance after seven straight losses. When she created a break point on the Halep serve, there were cheers from the crowd.
Halep knew that the errors would come off Badosa's racquet and closed the opportunity.
There were cheers when Badosa finally showed some form, with a forehand winner for 30-15 greeting the crowd with cries of "yes!" Despite earning a break point, Badosa could not keep up with Halep's aggressiveness, and although she fended off two break opportunities at 2-2, it felt like just a matter of time for Halep.
The former champion ended as she had started, reeling off four games in a row to win and reach the quarter-finals.
Halep said that he didn't think about dropping a set until now.
I am excited to play the next one and give my all.
Elena was the 17th seed and beat Croatia's Petra Martic.
She will play the Australian after that.
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