Congratulations Serena Williams: she really turned that around, and won the last 10 games to reach the final. She started awfully sluggishly, not least thanks to a heavy cold and cough, but she found a way. She’ll go for her third French Open title and 20th grand slam championship against Lucie Safarova on Saturday. Timea Bacsinszky was a game opponent, and she was up a set and a break in the second, but I guess she got tight, and couldn’t hold her nerve. But she’ll be back – and she’s into the top 20 in the world for the first time.
Serena Williams beats Timea Bacsinszky to reach French Open final – live
