Simona Halep brilliantly took apart Anett Kontaveit in just 53 minutes to race into the Australian Open semi-finals. Estonian Kontaveit, 24, won the first game but was never in it from that point as Halep raced to a 6-1 6-1 win. Wimbledon champion Halep won 11 games in a row before the 28th seed managed to hold serve in the penultimate game. Muguruza, a two-time Grand Slam champion but unseeded here, beat Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-5 6-3. She will face Halep on Thursday with the other last-four tie between Australian world number one Ashleigh Barty and American 14th seed Sofia Kenin.

Source: BBC January 29, 2020 01:13 UTC