Roland Garros 2019: Simona Halep in the fourth round with a quick win over Lesia Tsurenko

The defending champion, Simona Halep, allowed Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine to have a good job in order to reach the Open of France of the last 16.

Romanian Halep, third seed, needed only 55 minutes to impose 6-2 6-1 against the 27th seed.

Tsurenko did not hold any of his eight service matches on Philippe Chatrier.

The former world number one, Halep, 27, will face one of the unclbadified pairs Monica Puig and Iga Swiatek for a spot in the quarter-finals.

"It was a tough match, even if the scoreboard does not show it," said Halep. "Every day of my life, I have this image of me winning last year in my mind, this was the greatest moment of my career."

A favorable draw is still open for Halep, who can now face another seeded opponent before the semi-finals where the seed Naomi Osaka or the Grand Slam winner 23 times could wait .

In its attempts to defend the title, the Romanian tries to counter a tendency difficult to break.

If she manages to lift Suzanne Lenglen's Cup again one week on Sunday, she will become the sixth woman to defend the Open Trophy after Margaret Court, Chris Evert, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles and Justine Henin.

To do this, she will expect to have to work much harder than she did against Tsurenko, who appeared to be suffering from injuries or possibly the effects of a two-day, long-running second round match. did not end until Friday.

The Ukrainian needed a long delay in medical waiting in the second set, where she was lying on a mat and receiving treatment at the hip.

After three-set tries in her first two games against Australian Ajla Tomljanovic and Poland's Magda Linette, Halep would have been grateful for winning a more regular win.

Tsurenko, 30, committed 32 unforced errors and won only 28% of her points of service, although she briefly resisted two match points before succumbing.