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Riske became the first player to book her spot
in the quarter-finals with a 6-3 6-4 win over the Czech
Republic's Barbora Strycova.
The 29-year-old American, who lost to Strycova in their previous
two meetings, broke her Czech opponent five times in the
93-minute encounter to set up a potential clash with second seed
Karolina Pliskova.
"It was a good win for me," Riske told reporters. "(Strycova is)
going to be a tough out every time you play her. She makes a lot
of balls, she's in every point and she's battling until the
end."
Eighth seed Keys was pushed in the first set by hometown
favorite and former U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur but
eventually prevailed 7-5 6-3 in 78 minutes.
Keys fired 10 aces and 24 winners past the Australian wildcard
to beat Stosur for the first time in four attempts and set up an
all-American quarter-final clash with Collins, who beat Yulia
Putintseva 6-1 6-0.
Collins saved all five break points she faced and broke her
Kazakh opponent six times to wrap up the match in just 58
minutes, winning 80% of her second serve points.
Australian top seed and world number one Ash Barty, who received
a bye into the last-16, plays her first match on Thursday
against American qualifier Jennifer Brady while Pliskova takes
on Ajla Tomljanovic.
(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Lincoln
Feast.)
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