Karolina Pliskova, world number 13, eliminated Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka (No. 4) by 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday and will meet world number 1 Ashleigh in her first Wimbledon final Barty.
The Czech, former number one in the WTA ranking, had been eliminated in the round of 16 in the last two editions of the Grand Slam on grass. In 2016 he already reached the final of the United States Open. (AFP)