"The first set was very tough and I was very nervous as I seemed to be fighting for every point," Halep said in a courtside interview. More exchanges of breaks followed in the second set before Halep finally found her groove to take a 5-2 lead and set up three match points on Diyas' serve. This is only the second time in Halep's career that she has reached the third roundFormer finalist Simona Halep survived a first-set wobble to reach the third round of the French Open for only the second time in her career with a 7-6(5) 6-2 win over Kazakhstan's Zarina Diyas on Wednesday. Halep and her bizarre black and white zebra print dress will be back on court on Friday when she takes on Japan's Naomi Osaka for a place in the fourth round. The good news for Halep is that the only previous time she reached the last 32, she made it all the way to the 2014 Roland Garros final.

Source: dna May 25, 2016 06:52 UTC