Karolina Muchova reached the quarter-finals of the US Open with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 victory over Wang Xinyu.
For the Czech No.10 seed, a 2021 Australian Open semi-finalist who has additionally reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon twice, Sunday’s win marked her deepest run at Flushing Meadows.
She did it after dropping management of the second set to her Chinese opponent, earlier than regaining her dominance within the third set with a powerful all-court assault that included 32 winners.
“I came back to my game, to slice it more and to change the rhythm – that was the key,” Muchova, 27, advised the Louis Armstrong Stadium crowd in her post-match interview.
Muchova’s subsequent opponent is the No.30 seed Sorana Cirstea, who beat the Swiss No.15 seed Belinda Bencic.
The Romanian, who has already put out No.4 seed Elena Rybakina, beat the Olympic champion 6-3 6-3, additionally on Louis Armstrong.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
