Defending champion Halep eases into French Open last 16

1 Jun 2019 • 6:41 PM MYT
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Romania's Simona Halep cruised into the Roland Garros fourth round today with a 6-2, 6-1 thrashing of Ukrainian 27th seed Lesia Tsurenko. ― Reuters pic

PARIS, June 1 — Reigning champion Simona Halep cruised into the Roland Garros fourth round today with a 6-2, 6-1 thrashing of Ukrainian 27th seed Lesia Tsurenko.

The Romanian third seed broke serve eight times in a totally one-sided contest that lasted just 55 minutes to set up a last-16 tie with either Olympic champion Monica Puig or Polish teenager Iga Swiatek. — AFP