Tennis

Halep into Wimbledon third round

Halep will face Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan for a place in the last 16.

AFP
LONDON 05 July, 2018 21:12 IST

The Romanian raced away with the 10 last games to beat the 126-ranked Zheng.   -  AFP

AFP
LONDON 05 July, 2018 21:12 IST

Top seed and French Open champion Simona Halep reached the Wimbledon third round on Thursday with a 7-5, 6-0 win over China's Zheng Saisai.

World number one Halep, a semifinalist at Wimbledon in 2014, will face Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan for a place in the last 16.

The Romanian raced away with the 10 last games to beat the 126-ranked Zheng.