Wimbledon 2019 results: Serena Williams and Simona Halep reach final, Roger Federer vs Rafael Nadal build-up
Follow build-up to Federer’s huge clash with Nadal after Williams and Halep reach the women’s final
Re-live the coverage from day 10 of the Wimbledon Championships after Serena Williams and Simona Halep booked their place in the women's final.
Williams stormed past Barbora Strycova, winning 6-1 6-2 in just 59 minutes, while Halep beat Elina Svitolina 6-1 6-3 earlier in the day.
Saturday's final will be the American's 11th as Halep makes her first appearance here at the All England Club. Re-live the action below:
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ORDER OF PLAY - DAY TEN
Centre Court (from 1pm)
Elina Svitolina v (7) Simona Halep
(11) Serena Williams v Barbora Zahlavova Strycova
(3) Raven Klaasen & Michael Venus v (2) Juan Sebastian Cabal & Robert Farah
Court 1 (from 1pm)
(11) Nicolas Mahut & Edouard Roger-Vasselin v Ivan Dodig & Filip Polasek
(1) Bruno Soares & Nicole Melichar v Matwe Middelkoop & Zhaoxuan Yang
Robert Lindstedt & Jelena Ostapenko v (12) Franko Skugor & Raluca Olaru
Court 2
Jeremy Bates & Andrew Castle v Wayne Ferreira & Mark Woodforde
Anne Keothavong & Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario v Iva Majoli& Magdalena Maleeva
(5) Wesley Koolhof & Kveta Peschke v Artem Sitak & Laura Siegemund
Mansour Bahrami & Chris Wilkinson v Jonas Bjorkman & Todd Woodbridge
Court 3
Anton Matusevich v (8) Shintaro Mochizuki
(1) Emma Navarro v (6) Natsumi Kawaguchi
Nicolas Alvarez Varona & Juan Bautista Torres v (2) Shintaro Mochizuki & Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune
(3) Natsumi Kawaguchi & Adrienn Nagy v Polina Kudermetova & Giulia Morlet
Court 5
Arthur Fery & Toby Samuel v Taha Baadi & Filip Cristian Jianu
Savannah Broadus & Abigail Forbesv Weronika Baszak & Martyna Kubka
Eliot Spizzirri & Tyler Zink v Jacob Fearnley& Connor Thomson
Holly Fischer & Matilda Mutavdzic v Chloe Beck & Emma Navarro
Court 6
Linda Fruhvirtova & Kristyna Lavickova v (2) Alina Charaeva& Anastasia Tikhonova
Funa Kozaki & Amarissa Kiara Toth v Carlota Martinez Cirez & Ane Mintegi Del Olmo
Flavio Cobolli & Dominic Stephan Stricker v Brandon Nakashima & Valentin Royer
Cannon Kingsley & Alexander Zgirovsky v (6) Shunsuke Mitsui & Keisuke Saitoh
Court 8
Polina Kudermetova v Daria Snigur
Dalibor Svrcina v Carlos Gimeno Valero
(1) Jonas Forejtek & Jiri Lehecka v Tristan Schoolkate & Dane Sweeny
(8) Hurricane Tyra Black & Shavit Kimchi v Aubane Droguet & Selena Janicijevic
Court 12
(4) Martin Damm (USA) v (10) Carlos Alcaraz Garfia
(10) Alexa Noel v Priska Madelyn Nugroho
(3) Martin Damm & Toby Kodat v Andrew Paulson & Eric Vanshelboim
Kamilla Bartone & Oksana Selekhmeteva v Robin Montgomery & Maria Camila Osorio Serrano
Court 18
(17) Harold Mayot v Illya Beloborodko
Elsa Jacquemot v (4) Diane Parry
(7) Liam Draxl & Govind Nanda v Baptiste Anselmo& Loris Pourroy
Valentina Ryser & Alexandra Vecic v (4) Joanna Garland & Sohyun Park
GAME, SET, MATCH SERENA WILLIAMS! Williams def. Strycova 6-1 6-2
The seven-time champion is into her 11th Wimbledon final!
She does it with the classic serve-forehand combination, and puts away the forehand with ease at the net. That only took 59 minutes...
Strycova will play in the women's doubles semi-finals tomorrow - Williams into the final on Saturday, where she will undoubtedly be the favourite against Simona Halep of Romania.
Serena Williams, speaking to the BBC:
"It's good, especially after my year!"
"I just needed some matches and to feel good. I love what I do, I get to play in front of crowds at Wimbledon!"
On playing Simona Halep in the final:
"She's tough, and played unbelievably today. I look forward to it."
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