Muchova squanders 5-1 lead, misses four match points as she loses to Sramkova in Warsaw quarters

Slovak qualifier Rebecca Sramkova edged out second seed Karolina Muchova 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Poland Open at the Legia Tennis Centre in Warsaw on Thursday.

Sramkova, ranked No 174, will face German Tatjana Maria next. Muchova led 5-1, 40-15 in the final set and then missed two more match points as Sramkova roared back for a famous win.

Rebecca Sramkova beats Karolina Muchova 7-5 3-6 7-5, coming back from 1-5 down and 4 MPs in that game!

What a comeback. Muchova with a masterpiece of a point to break for 5-1 and was playing so freely that it seemed like nothing can hurt her now. Sramkova just stopped missing. pic.twitter.com/XqpgKFehxL

— Damian Kust (@damiankust) July 27, 2023

The Slovak defeated Pole wildcard Weronika Ewald (6-2, 6-2) in the previous round of the Warsaw tournament.

In the previous round of the Warsaw tournament, Muchova, ranked No 18, won against Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich (4-6, 7-6, 6-3), bu even then, she showed vulnerability when she led 5-1 in the opening set and lost it 6-4.

Warsaw WTA 250, other last 16 results (Legia Tennis Centre, clay, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Iga Swiatek vs. Claire Liu
• Laura Siegemund beat Lin Zhu (4): 6-4, 6-4
• Linda Noskova (8) beat Viktoria Hruncakova: 6-3, 6-3
• Lucrezia Stefanini beat Jodie Burrage: 6-4, 6-1
• Heather Watson beat Yuliya Hatouka (Q): 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
• Tatjana Maria beat Clara Tauson: 6-4, 6-0
• Yanina Wickmayer beat Tereza Martincova: 6-2, 6-2