Women’s semi-final day is here, and Saturday’s showdown on Centre Court for the Venus Rosewater Dish is within touching distance for four players. Two of those were not seeded in the top 10 when the Championships draw was made but, while the more glamorous semi is second on Centre this afternoon, this match could be a corker.
Spain’s Garbine Muguruza has already beaten Timea Bacsinszky, Angelique Kerber and Caroline Wozniacki en route to the semi-finals, all ranked above her. No Spanish woman has reached the last four of Wimbledon since Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario in 1997. No Spanish woman has reached the final since Conchita Martínez in 1994.