Tennis Tennis Top seed Halep beats Begu to extend winning run to 16 French Open top seed Simona Halep got past Irina-Camelia Begu to extend her winning run to 16 matches and progress to the third round. Reuters Paris 30 September, 2020 22:44 IST Simona Halep will next take on American teenager Amanda Anisimova in the third round of the French Open. - Reuters Reuters Paris 30 September, 2020 22:44 IST French Open top seed Simona Halep put in a disciplined performance to tame big-hitting compatriot Irina-Camelia Begu 6-3, 6-4 in the second round on Wednesday, extending her winning run to 16 matches.Halep had won all the previous seven meetings with her 73rd-ranked opponent and jumped to a 3-0 lead on Court Suzanne Lenglen. But Begu got the set back on serve before the 2018 champion broke again in the eighth game before holding serve to win the set.RELATED| Serena Williams withdraws from French Open Begu hit seven more winners than the 2018 champion but also had 15 more unforced errors, and a second break was enough for Halep to secure the second set.The Wimbledon champion hit her 15th winner on match-point to seal the match and will next meet American teenager Amanda Anisimova, who earlier demolished compatriot Bernarda Pera 6-2, 6-0. Read more stories on Tennis. For more updates, follow Sportstar on :