Garbine Muguruza booked her place in the final of this year's French Open courtesy of a straight-sets victory over Samantha Stosur this afternoon.
The 22-year-old made light work of her Australian opponent, wrapping up a 6-2 6-4 victory in one hour 18 minutes to reach her first Roland Garros final.
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Muguruza was on the front foot from the off, breaking in the first game and then again to race into a 4-0 lead in what turned out to be a comfortable first-set win.
The second set started the same way as the first, with Muguruza breaking at the first time of asking, although Stosur's resilience shone through with a break of her own to level the scores at 2-2.
Muguruza was right back with a break of her own, however, and when she did the same to make it 5-2, the contest appeared to be all but over for Stosur.
A strange game that followed saw Stosur break to love for 5-3, but nevertheless Muguruza held out to set up a final encounter with defending champion Serena Williams.
Neil Wilkes
