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Wimbledon: Simona Halep beats Amanda Anisimova to reach semi-finals

Former champion Simona Halep's revival continued as she reached the Wimbledon semi-finals with another rapid win over American Amanda Anisimova.

Romania's Halep, seeded 16th, was close to quitting the sport last year because of injury but the 2019 champion is now one more win from another SW19 final.

Halep, 30, beat 20th seed Anisimova 6-2 6-4 in one hour and three minutes.

The two-time Grand Slam champion will play Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina, who beat Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic.

"It's great to be back in the semi-finals, I'm very emotional right now," said Halep.

"I'm playing the best tennis since I won here.