London, July 11 (IANS) Seventh seed Simona Halep eased past Elina Svitolina of Ukraine in straight sets to reach the women's final at the Wimbledon here on Thursday.

Twenty-seven-year-old Halep, the French Open champion in 2018, took one hour and 13 minutes for the 6-1, 6-3 victory to enter the final in a Grand Slam event for the fifth time, Xinhua news reports.

Halep, whose previous best feat here was a last four finish in 2014, will fight for her second Grand Slam title against the winner of the other semifinal between seven-time winner Serena Williams and Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic.

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