Garbiñe Muguruza

World number three Simona Halep lost her bid to become an Australian Open finalist, as Spain's Garbine Muguruza outclassed her 7-6 (10-8), 7-5 this Thursday in the tournament's second semifinal.

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, world number three, qualified for the semifinals of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year, after crushing Estonian player Anett Kontaveit, 6-1, 6-1, on Wednesday, in Melbourne.

World number one female tennis player Romanian Simona Halep on Thursday advanced for the second consecutive year to the women's singles final of the French Open tournament after defeating Spain's Garbine Muguruza Blanco 6-1 6-4.

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, world number one, qualified on Wednesday for the semis of the Roland Garros tournament, the second Grand Slam of the year, after defeating German Angelique Kerber, 12th seed, with a score of 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-2.

Halep (aged 26), last year's finalist and in 2014, managed to defeat her opponent after two hours and 14 minutes.

Romanian tennis player Ana Bogdan qualified for the semifinals of the WTA tournament in Monterrey, Mexico, with total prizes worth 226750 USD, on Friday, after she defeated US player Danielle Collins, 6-2, 6-4.

Bogdan (25 years, WTA's 90th), 6th seed, won in one hour and 18 minutes against a better ranked player, (24 years, WTA's 53rd), a recent semifinalist in Miami.

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, world number two, on Friday advanced to the women's singles semi-finals of the 3,173,000-USD WTA Qatar Total Open 2018 tournament in Doha after defeating American teen player Catherine Bellis 6-0 6-4.

Halep, 26, prevailed in an hour and 22 minutes over world number 48 Bellis.

World number five Venus Williams and U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens were high-profile casualties on day one of the Australian Open on Jan. 15, but Roland Garros winner Jelena Ostapenko survived.

BRISBANE - Serbian tennis player Aleksandra Krunic has ended her campaign at the Brisbane WTA tournament after losing 6-2, 6-4 to Latvian Anastasija Sevastova in the quarter-finals on Thursday.

Failing to emulate her excellent performances from the previous two rounds, when she knocked out German Carina Witthoeft and Spanard Garbine Muguruza, Krunic was defeated after 87 minutes.

BRISBANE - Serbia's top-ranked female tennis player Aleksandra Krunic is through to the quarter-finals of the Brisbane tournament after Garbine Muguruza of Spain retired from their match on Tuesday due to cramps.

Interestingly, this was the fourth consecutive retirement in Brisbane for Muguruza, who was leading 7-5, 6-7 (3), 2-1.

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Spain's Garbine Muguruza won her first Wimbledon title with a straight-set win over five-time champion Venus Williams, according to BBC sports.

The 23-year-old saved two set points and won the last nine games in a 7-5 6-0 victory under the Centre Court roof.