Garbine Muguruza sets up Jelena Ostapenko clash at Wuhan Open in China

ByReuters

Updated 27/09/2017 at 15:33 GMT

World number one Garbine Muguruza overcame a second-set slip to beat Magda Linette 6-2 1-6 6-4 at the Wuhan Open in China.

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The Spaniard will face Jelena Ostapenko in the quarters after the eighth seed defeated Monica Puig in three sets, winning the first and final sets for a 6-2 3-6 6-3 victory.

Karolina Pliskova also qualified for the fourth round after racing past Wang Qiang of China.

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Third seed Pliksova enjoyed a comfortable win over Qiang, winning in straight sets 6-2 6-1.

Elsewhere, Caroline Garcia proved too strong for seventh seed Dominika Cibulkova, winning 6-3 7-5, while ninth seed Agnieszka Radwanska fell to Australia's Ashleigh Barty 4-6 6-0 6-4.

Results from the Wuhan Open Women's Singles Round 3 matches on Wednesday

Alize Cornet (France) beat Varvara Lepchenko (U.S.) 3-6 6-4 6-2
Caroline Garcia (France) beat 7-Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) 6-3 7-5
1-Garbine Muguruza Blanco (Spain) beat Magda Linette (Poland) 6-2 1-6 6-4
Maria Sakkari (Greece) beat 16-Elena Vesnina (Russia) 7-6(6) 7-5
8-Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) beat Monica Puig (Puerto Rico) 6-2 3-6 6-3
3-Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) beat Wang Qiang (China) 6-2 6-1
Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) beat Daria Kasatkina (Russia) 6-4 6-4
Ashleigh Barty (Australia) beat 9-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 4-6 6-0 6-4

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