Simona Halep: beat Amanda Anisimova

Simona Halep beat Amanda Anisimova, an American woman, 6-2 and 6-4 to reach Wimbledon semifinals. This

was her 12th consecutive victory at Wimbledon. She also won her 2019 title. In the second set, she almost lost a 5-

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1 advantage. Halep (16th seed), who has lost just one set in her Wimbledon winning streak, will face 44th-ranked

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Ajla Tomljanovic from Australia, or No. For Saturday's final, Elena Rybakina will face 17-seed Elena Rybakina. No. No.

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3 seed Ons Jabeur from Tunisia faces 103rd-ranked German Tatjana Marie in the other semi. Halep is a 30-year-old

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Romanian is twice major winner. Her most recent title was in 2019 Wimbledon in which she played the game of her

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life , defeating Serena Williams in the final. Wimbledon was cancelled in 2020 because of the pandemic. Halep was

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unable to play in 2021 Wimbledon due to a tear in her left calves. After losing in the fourth round at the September U.S.

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Open, Halep declared that she as well as Australian trainer Darren Cahill split. Cahill has been working with Anisimova.

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Halep has turned towards Patrick Mouratoglou, Williams' former coach, who she has worked with for at minimum three months.

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