Western & Southern Open: Muchova advances to quarter-finals, takes out eighth seed Sakkari
Karolina Muchova won against Maria Sakkari 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 on Thursday evening and will face the winner of the match between Marie Bouzkova and American Jessica Pegula, the No 3 seed, in the next round
Karolina Muchova in Montreal (ICON SMI/Panoramic)
Karolina Muchova defeated Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 8 seed, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 to reach the last eight of the Western & Southern Open at the Linder Tennis Family Center in Cincinnati on Thursday evening.
Muchova, ranked No 17, will play the winner of the match between Marie Bouzkova and American Jessica Pegula, the No 3 seed, next.
Karolina is headed to the quarterfinals 💪
— wta (@WTA) August 17, 2023
Defeating Sakkari 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 where she will face the winner of Pegula vs Bouzkova. @karomuchova7 | #CincyTennis pic.twitter.com/er4Uz9IWAt
In the previous rounds of the Cincy Open, Karolina Muchova edged out Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 12 seed (6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-4) and won against Croat Petra Martic (6-3, 3-6, 6-3).
Sakkari, ranked No 8, edged out Romanian Sorana Cirstea (2-6, 6-3, 7-5) in the previous round of the Cincy Open.
Cincinnati WTA 1000, other last-16 results (Linder Tennis Family Center, hard, USD 2.788.468, most recent results first):
- Linda Noskova vs. Coco Gauff
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Ons Jabeur vs. Donna Vekic
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Jessica Pegula
- Elena Rybakina vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Iga Swiatek vs. Qinwen Zheng: thursday
- Marketa Vondrousova (10) beat Sloane Stephens: 7-5, 6-3
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