The 33rd-ranked Krejcikova, who won the 2018
doubles title at Roland Garros with Katerina Siniakov, has been
unbeaten since a maiden title-winning run in Strasbourg ahead of
the French Open and dominated the 2017 U.S. Open winner from the
start on a sun-bathed Suzanne Lenglen court.
Former world number three Stephens, who reached the final in
Paris in 2018, did not have any answer to Krejcikova's powerful
but effortless play in their first meeting and did not help her
cause by committing 26 unforced errors.
The 25-year-old Krejcikova broke the American's serve twice in
the opening set and then wiped her out in the second.
The Czech converted her second matchpoint with a forehand
winner, her 10th of the match, and will meet the winner of the
contest between Tunisia's Ons Jabeur and American Coco Gauff for
a place in the semi-finals.
(Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly in Berhampore, India; Editing by
Hugh Lawson)
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