PARIS (Reuters) - Simona Halep's path to a second successive French Open title cleared up in spectacular fashion on Saturday after 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams and world number one Naomi Osaka exited Roland Garros in the third round on Saturday. But the Japanese top seed, who had already been forced to go the distance in her first two rounds, was clueless in a 6-4 6-2 defeat to Czech Katerina Siniakova. The loss snapped Osaka's 16-match winning streak in Grand Slams after she won the 2018 U.S. Open and this year's Australian Open. With Osaka gone, five of the top six seeds are now out of the women's singles draw, leaving Halep as the sole survivor. In the men's draw, world number one Novak Djokovic strolled into the fourth round with a 6-3 6-3 6-2 victory against Italian qualifier Salvatore Caruso.

Source: The Star June 01, 2019 18:28 UTC