Halep into French Open last 32
Romanian third seed and 2014 runner-up Simona Halep reached the the French Open third round on Thursday with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Germany's Tatjana Maria.
Halep faces Russian 26th seed Darya Kasatkina who defeated Czech qualifier Marketa Vondrousova 7-6 (7/1), 6-4.
Czech second seed Karolina Pliskova reached also the third round for the first time with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 win over Russian world 86 Ekaterina Alexandrova.
Pliskova will face Germany's Carina Witthoeft for a place in the last 16.
