LONDON, July 5 — Top seed and French Open champion Simona Halep reached the Wimbledon third round today with a 7-5, 6-0 win over China’s Zheng Saisai.

World number one Halep, a semi-finalist 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. — AFP