Czech third seed Karolina Pliskova has beaten Garbine Muguruza in her opening match while Anett Kontaveit extended her hot streak to 11 consecutive victories with a win over second-seeded Barbora Krejcikova.
Ash Barty defeats Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3 for her second Grand Slam title, which also came on 50th anniversary of fellow Australian Evonne Goolagong Cawley's maiden crown.
Rafael Nadal beats the world number one Novak Djokovic 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 in 2 hours and 49 minutes to clinch the title while fellow French Open champion Iga Swiatek claims women's tournament in just 45 minutes.
Former champion Jelena Ostapenko reaches third round after beating second-seeded Karolina Pliskova 6-4, 6-2 at Roland Garros French Open in Paris.
Novak Djokovic extends an undefeated run in 2020 to 25 matches as top-seeded Karolina Pliskova was stunned in straight sets by France's Caroline Garcia, the world number 50.
US Open champion Naomi Osaka's coach Sascha Bajin said he wanted Osaka to take the game to lefthander Kvitova in the same way she did against another Czech in Karolina Pliskova in the semi-final.
Karolina Pliskova advances to meet Naomi Osaka in the semifinal.
But while the world number one cruised through her quarterfinal clash in straight sets, she made it very clear that she was unhappy playing three matches in two days.
Defending champion Roger Federer defeats Lukas Lacko while sisters Serena Williams and Venus Williams advance to the next round. Meanwhile, world number two Caroline Wozniacki suffers shock defeat against Ekaterina Makarova.
For the first time since 1981, the US Open women's semi-finals will be an all-American affair with seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams and three first-Slam-title hopefuls in the mix.
Simona Halep beat Karolina Pliskova 6-4 3-6 6-3 to reach the final. If she wins, the third seed will become world number one.
Murray will now face Kei Nishikori from Japan, while Stan Warinka will find himself up against Marin Cilic. The victory was Murray's 650th career win.
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