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The Latest: Svitolina and Halep head into 3rd set in Paris

PARIS (AP) ufffdufffd The Latest on the French Open (all times local):

3:55 p.m.

The quarterfinal match between fifth-seeded Elena Svitolina and No. 3 Simona Halep at the French Open is going into a third set.

Svitolina won the first set 6-3 and raced into a 5-1 lead in the second before Halep bounced back and took the second 7-6 (6). The Romanian wasted four set points but evened the match on her next opportunity in the tiebreaker after saving a match point.

Svitolina, who leads the tour this year with 31 wins and four titles, is bidding to become the first Ukrainian woman to reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament.