<span style="color: #222222;">In Tennis, former world number one Simona Halep clinched the Melbourne Summer Set 1 women's singles title after beating Number 3 seed Veronika Kudermetova 6-2, 6-3 in the final, in Melbourne on Sunday. It was the 23rd career WTA singles title for Halep.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The 30-year old Halep started slowly in both sets. She double-faulted to go down 2-1 in the first, and again to pave the way to a loss of serve in the first game of the second.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">But Kudermetova was unable to take advantage either time. The World No 31 committed 27 unforced errors over the course of the match.</span>