Simona Halep crushes last year's finalist Sabine Lisicki to set up semi with Eugenie Bouchard at SW19

Simona Halep plays a forehand return during her Ladies' Singles quarter-final match against Sabine Lisicki

Simona Halep's remarkable run continued as she crushed Wimbledon specialist Sabine Lisicki to reach her first semi-final at the All England Club.

This time last year, Halep had not been past the second round at a grand slam but she made the quarter-finals in Australia, pushed Maria Sharapova all the way in a terrific French Open final and is a real contender for a first title here.