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
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Your support makes all the difference.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
*Soares/Melichar 6-3 4-6 5-2 Murray/Williams
Last roll of the dice for Murray and Williams coming up - Melichar will serve for the match.
GAME, SET, MATCH BRUNO SOARES AND NICOLE MELICHAR! Soares/Melichar def. Murray/Williams 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
Melichar holds to 30, as Murray returns into the net, and the run of 'SerAndy' is over - Soares and Melichar take their place in the quarter-finals!
COURT 1 RESULT
In 3 hours and 7 minutes, Roberto Bautista Agut has beaten Guido Pella 7-5, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, and he will play in the Wimbledon semi-finals against Novak Djokovic on Friday.
CENTRE COURT UPDATE
Kei Nishikori is serving for the first set against Roger Federer on Centre - the Japanese is 5-4 up...
Andy Murray and Serena Williams in the post-match press conference:
AM: "I thought they played well, they've played quite a bit together I think.We were more up and down then them, they were more consistent.
SW: Overall, [at the tournament], we played really well.
AM: "I've achieved a lot. My hip was feeling good, and it's a lot of physical work now to get stronger. I'm doing some physical testing next week, I did one the week before Queen's... it's 4-6 weeks of training and I'll have some testing after that.
Should there be more mixed doubles on tour?
SW: "It's hard to say. There are so many good matches anyway. It sounds good, but will it work?
On the lack of British players in the latter stages:
AM: "I think a lot of countries don't have a chance at Grand Slams. It's more just not needing to rely on wild cards.
On the divisions in the ATP Player Council:
AM: "The whole situation is a shame. So much in-fighting in the sport. Tennis is doing really well, there should be more positive discussions. There are so many different organisations fighting, I would like to see a bit more unity, there's a lot of division.
On playing with Serena:
"It was just confirmation of how much she wanted it, and how pumped she was getting - I liked that."
On playing with Andy:
SW: "I think to play on this stage with Andy was a lifetime experience. But it's cool to see people on TV and then be on the same side as them."
CENTRE COURT UPDATE
One set all on Centre - Kei Nishikori took the first set 6-4, but Roger Federer came storming back in the second, 6-1.
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