Simona Halep has continued her impressive run on clay at the 2017 Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome on Friday as she made the semi-final stage of the tournament with a straight-set win over quickly-rising youngster Anett Kontaveit.
Coming to Rome straight from her title win in Madrid and a semi-final in Stuttgart beforehand, Halep is gearing up to becoming a serious favorite for the 2017 French Open that starts in little more than a week.