Spain’s Garbine Muguruza and Romania’s Simona Halep shake hands after their match. Photo: ReutersGarbine Muguruza prevailed 7-6(8) 7-5 in a battle of attrition against world number three Simona Halep to reach her first Australian Open final on Thursday. With the temperature nudging a scorching 40 degrees Celsius at Rod Laver Arena, Muguruza was dragged into a see-sawing scrap by Halep, a former finalist at Melbourne Park. I was thinking, 'keep going and at some point you're going to have your opportunity'. "I know I was facing Simona so it was going to be a hard match.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 30, 2020 07:41 UTC