French Open: Simona Halep does not stay long

In less than an hour, world number one Simona Halep has reached the quarter-finals of the French Open.

59 minutes, then Halep was through: 6:2, 6:1 she won against the hopeless Belgian Elise Mertens and convinced with an aggressive game. The finalist from 2014 and 2017 confirmed her good impression from her last matches, only in round one against Alison Riske Halep had to go over the full distance after a false start. In the last eight, she now faces Angelique Kerber or Caroline Garcia.