Quick-fire Halep sees off Schiavone


  • Tennis
  • Thursday, 30 Jun 2016

Britain Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, Wimbledon, England - 30/6/16 Romania's Simona Halep in action against Italy's Francesca Schiavone REUTERS/Andrew Couldridge

LONDON (Reuters) - A clinical Simona Halep wasted no time in reaching the third round at Wimbledon on Thursday, cruising past Italian veteran Francesca Schiavone 6-1 6-1 in just over an hour.

Showing glimpses of the form that took her to an All England Club semi-final in 2014 and to world number two last year, the fifth-seeded Romanian had too much power and court craft for her 111th-ranked opponent.

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