Same old breakfast for Simona Halep

Having thrashed Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit 6-1 6-1 in under an hour to reach the semifinals, Simona Halep was asked what she ate in the morning to produce a near-flawless display. “Well, I played really well? Same thing. I have two weeks eating the same thing: ham and cheese,” Halep said.

Muguruza makes it count, Reaches semis 

Former world No. 1 Garbine Muguruza scored a 7-5 6-3 victory over 30th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to storm into her first Grand Slam semifinal since Roland Garros in 2018. Unseeded at a Grand Slam for the first time since 2014, Muguruza made few pundits’ lists of pre-tournament contenders and her campaign was almost scuppered by a viral illness. But the hard-hitting Spaniard now finds herself well-placed to make off with a third Major title following her triumphs at Wimbledon in 2017 and Roland Garros the year before.