Tennis: Halep punishes Anisimova to reach last 16

Top seed Simona Halep exacted brutal revenge on American teenager Amanda Anisimova with a 6-0 6-1 victory to move ominously into the fourth round of the French Open on Friday. Anisimova caused a huge upset last year when she comfortably beat Romanian Halep, then the defending champion, in the quarter-finals, but could not reproduce that form as she received a 54-minute clay court lesson. The win continues a stirring undefeated run for Halep since prior to the tennis hiatus -- the Romanian has now won a career-best 17 straight matches, which includes a title run in Dubai before the stoppage in play, and titles in Prague and Rome since the tour restart. Next up awaits another rising star when she plays Poland's Iga Swiatek in a repeat of their fourth-round clash last year, in which Halep also dropped only one game.