French Open: Simona Halep back from brink to reach semi-finals

Simona Halep saved a match point and fought back from a set and 5-1 down to defeat Elina Svitolina 3-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-0 yesterday to reach her second French Open semi-final

Romania's Simona Halep celebrates after winning her tennis match against Ukraine's Elina Svitolina at the Roland Garros 2017 French Open. Pic/AFP

Simona Halep saved a match point and fought back from a set and 5-1 down to defeat Elina Svitolina 3-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-0 yesterday to reach her second French Open semi-final.

The third-seeded will face Karolina Pliskova, the Czech second seed, for a place in Saturday’s final. Both women have a chance of taking the World No. 1 spot.

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