Anisimova blows Halep out of French Open as dream run continues

PARIS - Teenage sensation Amanda Anisimova blew defending champion Simona Halep out of the French Open with a shock 6-2 6-4 victory in the quarter-finals on Thursday, and immediately set her sights on winning the Suzanne Lenglen Cup.

Third seed Halep, who had been looking to become the first woman to retain her title at Roland Garros since Belgian Justine Henin won three times in a row from 2005-07, never found a solution to counter the 17-year-old American’s beguiling mix of speed and accuracy. She next faces Australian eighth seed Ashleigh Barty, who beat American Madison Keys in the day’s other rescheduled quarter-final after Wednesday’s complete washout.

Anisimova played fearlessly from the start to storm to a 4-2 lead, and then broke Halep again to bag the opening set in under half an hour.

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