Garbine Muguruza continued her recent revival by reaching the Australian Open final with a straight-set win over Romania’s Simona Halep.
The unseeded Spaniard, 26, battled past the fourth seed in a tense 7-6 (10-8) 7-5 semi-final victory. The two-time Grand Slam champion fought off four set points in the opener and twice came back from a break down in the second.
She will face American Sofia Kenin in Saturday’s final. It is Muguruza’s first appearance in a Grand Slam final since she won the Wimbledon title in 2017.
Muguruza clinched victory with her second match point when a six-shot rally ended with Halep hitting a return into the net.
