Roland-Garros: Zheng gets past ailing Halep

China’s Qinwen Zheng reached the third round of Roland-Garros by winning against Romania’s Simona Halep, the No 19 seed, 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 on Thursday.

Halep looked to be in distress on court, seeking medical attention, and revealed in her press conference later that she had suffered from a panic attack.

“I didn’t know how to handle it, because I don’t have it often,” she told journalists. “Yeah, I don’t really know why it happened, because I was leading the match. I was playing well.

“But just happened, and as I said, I lost it. I couldn’t focus. After the match, was pretty tough. But now I’m good. I’m recovered, and I will learn from this episode.”

Zheng, ranked No 74, will play the winner of the next match between Frenchwoman Alize Cornet and Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 13 seed, next.

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In the first round, the 19-year-old Chinese defeated Belgian Maryna Zanevska (6-3, 6-1), while former champion Halep needed three sets to beat German lucky loser Nastasja Schunk (6-4, 1-6, 6-1).

Paris (Grand Slam): Other second-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 43.600.000, most recent results first):

• Aryna Sabalenka (7) beat Madison Brengle: 6-1, 6-3
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Alison Riske: 6-0, 6-2
• Camila Giorgi (28) beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-3, 7-5
• Madison Keys (22) beat Caroline Garcia: 6-4, 7-6 [3]
• Elena Rybakina (16) beat Katie Volynets (WC): 6-4, 6-0
• Danka Kovinic beat Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova: 6-3, 7-5
• Daria Kasatkina (20) beat Fernanda Contreras Gomez (Q): 6-0, 6-3
• Veronika Kudermetova (29) beat Aleksandra Krunic (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Paula Badosa (3) beat Kaja Juvan: 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
• Leolia Jeanjean (WC) beat Karolina Pliskova (8): 6-2, 6-2
• Irina-Camelia Begu beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (30): 6-7 [3], 6-3, 6-4
• Jessica Pegula (11) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-1, 5-7, 6-4
• Diane Parry beat Maria Camila Osorio Serrano: 6-3, 6-3
• Daria Saville (WC) beat Petra Kvitova (32): 6-4, 6-2
• Martina Trevisan beat Magda Linette: 6-3, 6-2
• Belinda Bencic (14) beat Bianca Andreescu: 6-2, 6-4
• Varvara Gracheva beat Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-4, 6-7 [5], 7-5
• Sloane Stephens beat Sorana Cirstea (26): 3-6, 6-2, 6-0
• Leylah Fernandez (17) beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-3, 6-2
• Kaia Kanepi beat Beatriz Haddad Maia: 6-4, 6-4
• Elise Mertens beat Marie Bouzkova
• Cori Coco Gauff (18) beat Alison Van Uytvanck: 6-1, 7-6 [4]
• Amanda Anisimova (27) beat Donna Vekic (Q): 6-4, 6-1
• Karolina Muchova beat Maria Sakkari (4): 7-6 [5], 7-6 [4]
• Angelique Kerber (21) beat Elsa Jacquemot (WC): 6-1, 7-6 [2]
• Jil Teichmann (23) beat Olga Danilovic (Q): 6-4, 6-1
• Victoria Azarenka (15) beat Andrea Petkovic: 6-1, 7-6 [3]
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Emma Raducanu (12): 3-6, 6-1, 6-1