Svitolina beat Halep in their latest duel in Rome this year, but she almost failed to set up another clash with the Romanian.
The world No. 6 lost the opening set 6-4, before taking on a 6-3 victory to force a decisive set. Svitolina faced the threat of being knocked out from the tournament as she trailed 2-5, but she made a powerful comeback into the match as she won the last five games.
The second-seeded Karolina Pliskova also fought hard to overcome Veronica Cepede Royg 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, In an all-France contest, the No. 28 seed Caroline Garcia defeated Alize Cornet 6-2, 6-4. Pliskova and Garcia will meet in the quarter-finals.
China's Wang Xinyu went through the girls' singles second round after beating Varvara Gracheva 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, while her compatriot Wang Xiyu fell down to Bianca Andreescu 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.
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