Day 5 in Paris was just like yesterday a successful day for the biggest names, as Simona Halep, Garbine Muguruza, Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams all advanced to the third round.
World No.1 Simona Halep didn’t have a day off between her first-round and second-round match, but the Romanian blazed past American Taylor Townsend 6-3 6-1 to reach the third round. The score does look very straightforward, but Halep squandered a 5-1 lead in the first set and needed as many as five set points to finally seal it with a forehand winner that ended a 16-stroke rally.