Muchova reaches US Open quarters with 3-set victory over Wang

NEW YORK (AP) — Karolina Muchova reached the quarterfinals of the US Open on Sunday with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 victory over Wang Xinyu.

For the 10th-seeded Czech, a 2021 Australian Open semifinalist who has reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon twice, it marked her deepest run ever at Flushing Meadows.

She did it after losing control of the second set to her Chinese opponent and taking over in the third, with a strong all-court attack that included 32 winners.

"I came back to my game, to slice it more and to change the rhythm — that was the key," Muchova told the Louis Armstrong Stadium crowd in her post-match interview.

Muchova's next opponent is the winner of the match later Sunday between 15th-seeded Belinda Bencic and No. 30 Sorana Cirstea.

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