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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