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Kvitova sealed the victory on her eighth match point after
Badosa fought off six of them in the ninth game alone of the
second set. But Kvitova, who had a 42-19 edge in winners,
finally registered the victory on her second match point of the
10th game.
Kvitova will next face Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina of
Kazakhstan. Rybakina defeated Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus
6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-5.
Top-seeded Iga Swiatek of Poland advanced when Australia's Ajla
Tomljanovic retired with a left knee injury with Swiatek leading
7-5, 2-2. Also, Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic beat No.
7 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil 6-4, 6-4 and Czech Barbora
Krejcikova downed Shelby Rogers 6-2, 6-2.
Jasmin Open Monastir
Claire Liu converted eight of 11 break points while recording a
7-5, 6-2 victory over seventh-seeded Katerina Siniakova in a
second-round match at Tunisia.
The victory puts Liu in her third quarterfinal of season.
Siniakova was hurt by eight double faults.
Third-seeded Alize Cornet of France beat Great Britain's Harriet
Dart 6-3, 6-4 and fifth-seeded Elise Mertens of Belgium was a
5-7, 6-1, 6-2 winner over Despina Papmichail of Greece. France's
Diane Perry was leading 6-3, 1-0 when Italy's Lucrezia Stefanini
retired.
--Field Level Media
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