The world No.4 Halep had never before in their six previous meetings on clay beaten Suarez Navarro, but today she constantly kept her guard, used a variety of shots and moved beautifully. The Romanian third seed is for sure one of the favorites to win this Roland Garros.
For a place in the semifinals, Halep will face fifth seed Elina Svitolina, as the Ukrainian came back from 2-5 down in the third set and just two points from defeat to end the miracle run of unseeded Croatian Petra Martic, who played well but couldn’t find a way to finish the match.