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China Open: Muchova meets Sabalenka in the quarterfinals

Karolina Muchova beat Spain's Cristina Bucsa 6-2, 6-0 at the National Tennis Center in Beijing on Wednesday and moved into the last eight of the China Open.

Muchova, ranked 49th, will next face Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed. She has the upper hand over the Belarusian thanks to an advantageous 2-1 duel.

Earlier in the tournament, Karolina Muchova defeated Russian Anna Blinkova (6-1, 6-1), Chinese number 30 Yue Yuan (6-3, 6-1) and Romanian Jaqueline Cristian (6-1, 6- 3). ).

Bucsa, ranked 79th, won against Chinese wildcard Xinxin Yao (6-3, 6-2), Russian Liudmila Samsonova, seed 11 (6-1, 4-6, 6-4) and Belgian Elise Mertens, the No. 11 24 seed (4-6, 6-2, 6-2) in the previous rounds of the Beijing tournament.

Beijing WTA 1000, other last 16 results (National Tennis Center, hard, USD 8,955,610, latest results first):

  • Amanda Anisimova vs. Qinwen Zheng
  • Magda Linette vs Mirra Andreeva
  • Aryna Sabalenka defeated Madison Keys (18): 6-4, 6-3
  • Coco Gauff (4) defeated Naomi Osaka: 3-6, 6-4 ret.
  • Yuliia Starodubtseva (Q) defeated Anna Kalinskaya (10): 7-5, 6-0
  • Shuai Zhang (WC) defeated Magdalena Frech (23): 6-4, 6-2
  • Paula Badosa (15) defeated Jessica Pegula (2): 6-4, 6-0

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