Simona Halep avenged final yr’s French Open loss to Amanda Anisimova by thrashing the American teenager 6-Zero, 6-1 on Friday to achieve the final 16 at Roland Garros. Prime seed and title favorite Halep prolonged her career-best profitable run to 17 matches and can meet one other 19-year-old, Poland’s Iga Swiatek, for a spot within the quarter-finals. Anisimova knocked Halep out within the final eight in Paris a yr in the past, however the two-time Grand Slam champion made solely seven unforced errors as she secured a powerful victory in simply 54 minutes.
“I feel I performed a very good match. I used to be very aggressive and I knew from final yr I needed to change one thing and I did that immediately,” stated Halep, dedicating the win to her coach.
“It is a reward for Darren (Cahill) as a result of it is his birthday.”
Halep, the 2018 French Open champion and two-time runner up at Roland Garros, dropped only one sport when she performed Swiatek right here within the final 16 a yr in the past.
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“I performed towards her earlier than,” stated Halep. “She’s hitting robust and flat. I’ve to remain centered on myself.
“I actually wish to win once more.”
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