⁍ Simona Halep beat Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-4 6-0 in the first round of the French Open.
⁍ The Romanian was playing on her 29th birthday at Roland Garros.
⁍ Halep won her maiden Grand Slam at Roland Garros in 2018.
⁍ The world number two will next meet the winner of the match between Jil Teichmann and Irina-Camelia Begu.
– Defending champion Ash Barty is out of the French Open after being knocked out in the first round on Sunday. The Australian Tennis Association says the No. 1 player decided to pull out of the tournament because she was still dealing with the effects of theococcal disease that killed her mother last year, the Guardian reports. Barty, who was ranked No. 1 before the illness struck, was playing in her first Grand Slam event since she won the Australian Open last year. She was playing in her first French Open. Defending women’s No. 2 Simona Halep also bowed out after a first-round loss on Sunday. The top-seed from Romania defeated Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo in straight sets, 6-4, 6-0, on her 29th birthday, Reuters reports.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennis-frenchopen-halep/birthday-girl-halep-sails-through-after-slow-start-idUSKBN26I0KT