Halep to face Muguruza in Australian Open semis

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Garbine Muguruza has set up an Australian Open semi-final showdown with former world No. 1 Simona Halep.

She defeated Russian 30th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-5 6-3.

Meanwhile, Simona Halep crushed Anett Kontaveit in just 53 minutes to race into the Australian Open semi-finals with a straight-set victory. 

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