Spain’s Garbine Muguruza thrashed unseeded Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova to set up a Wimbledon final against either Britain’s Johanna Konta or five-time champion Venus Williams of the US.<\/p>\n
Muguruza, 23, won 6-1 6-1 in just 64 minutes on Centre Court to advance to her second Wimbledon final.<\/p>\n
The 2016 French Open champion will try to win her second major title in Saturday’s final.<\/p>\n
Konta hopes to become Britain’s first women’s singles finalist since 1977.<\/p>\n
The Briton, seeded sixth, is up against a Wimbledon legend in Williams, seeking her first Grand Slam title for nine years at the age of 37.<\/p>\n
Muguruza strode onto Centre Court with heavy strapping on her left thigh, but appeared anything but restricted as she reeled off the first five games in 25 minutes.<\/p>\n
Rybarikova, ranked 87th, went into the match with an 18-1 record on grass this season but the 28-year-old appeared nervous in her first Grand Slam semi-final.<\/p>\n
A sympathetic round of applause greeted her first game at 5-1 down.<\/p>\n
Rybarikova won just 10 points on serve in the entire set as Muguruza attacked off the return and was confident enough to dominate from the net.<\/p>\n
When Muguruza crushed a backhand winner off a 79mph second serve to lead 3-0 with a double break in the second set, Rybarikova was reeling.<\/p>\n
There was more appreciation from the crowd when Rybarikova held on in a long service game to get on the scoreboard for just a second time, but Muruguza was in a ruthless mood and confidently served out the match.<\/p>\n
“I think I played very well, for sure,” said the Spaniard.<\/p>\n
“It was a tricky match, she is a very talented player. She was playing very good during the tournament and I think today I stepped up on the court super-confident, and everything went well.”<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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