Simona halep into QFs in 2019 Madrid Open

MADRID, Spain - Two-time champion Simona Halep is back into the quarterfinals at the Mutua Madrid Open for the fifth time in the past six years.

The No.3 seed needed just 44 minutes to see off Slovakia's Viktoria Kuzmova on Court Manolo Santana in Wednesday's third round, 6-0, 6-0.