After Americans Madison Keys and Sloane Stephens made the French Open semifinals on Tuesday, Garbine Muguruza and Simona Halep joined them on Wednesday by defeating Maria Sharapova and Angelique Kerber, respectively. The semifinal line-up this year in Paris boasts, as the WTA Insider pointed out on Twitter, two reigning Grand Slam champions and two recent runner-ups, plus one showdown for the No.1 ranking.
On Court Philippe Chatrier, third seed Garbine Muguruza dominated fellow French Open champion Maria Sharapova from start to finish, recording her first victory in four career meetings against the 28th-seeded Russian, 6-2 6-1 in one hour and ten minutes.