Muguruza, Halep move into French Open semifinals

After Angelique Kerber's final backhand bounced out of bounds on Court Suzanne Lenglen, Simona Halep turned to her box and pointed to her head.

Coming from a player whose mental strength has often been questioned, the gesture spoke volumes.

The top-ranked player indeed showed solid nerves to turn things up after a really bad start in her French Open quarterfinal today. After 2 hours and 14 minutes, Halep rallied past the 12th-seeded Kerber 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-2 and reached the French Open semifinals for the third time.

"It was really about the mental," Halep said. "So I think that's why I won today. My head won it."
"I missed a lot at the beginning of the match. I tried to do too much. Then I changed a little bit of tactics and it worked."
"She loves clay. She loves Roland Garros. She's shown it."
"She had a lot more depth in the ball. I think my shots were a lot more forced. She served a lot better than I did."