FILE PHOTO: Foro Italico, Rome, Italy - September 21, 2020 Romania's Simona Halep in action during the final against Czech Republic's Karolina Pliskova Clive Brunskill/Pool via REUTERS
(Reuters) - Simona Halep is heavily favoured to add a second French Open title to her Grand Slam cabinet, brimming with confidence on the back of a 14-match winning streak and fighting fit having skipped the U.S. hardcourt season due to COVID-19.
The Romanian world number two won in Dubai before the professional season was suspended in early March, and added claycourt titles in Prague and Rome ahead of the Paris Grand Slam, which starts on Sunday having been rescheduled from May.
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