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Jelena Ostapenko beats Garbine Muguruza to reach semi-finals of Wuhan Open
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Published 28/09/2017 at 19:30 GMT+1
Jelena Ostapenko won the battle of the grand slam champions against world number one Garbine Muguruza to reach the semi-finals of the Wuhan Open.
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The clash between the French Open and Wimbledon winners was the most highly-anticipated of the day and it did not disappoint.
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Muguruza got off to a flying start but Ostapenko turned things around and won the final six games in a 1-6 6-3 6-2 victory - her 19th three-set win of the season.
Ostapenko is the only seed left in a youthful semi-final line-up.
Australia's Ashleigh Barty continued her giant-killing run with her biggest scalp yet, knocking out third seed Karolina Pliskova 4-6 7-6 (7/3) 7-6 (7/2).
Barty looked like she might have blown her chance when she failed to serve out the match at 5-4 in the decider and then slipped to 0-30 serving to stay in the match.
But Pliskova could not take advantage and Barty, who next faces Ostapenko, dominated the tie-break to reach her first WTA Tour Premier 5 semi-final.
It has also been a dream week for Greek qualifier Maria Sakkari, who battled to a 7-6 (7/2) 7-5 win over France's Alize Cornet.
In the last four she will face France's Caroline Garcia, a 7-6 (7/3) 6-4 winner over Ekaterina Makarova.
Rain in Uzbekistan meant only two quarter-finals at the Tashkent Open were completed.
Second seed Timea Babos defeated Stefanie Voegele 6-3 6-4 while Aryna Sabalenka was a 7-6 (7/5) 3-6 6-1 winner over Kateryna Kozlova.
Results from the Wuhan Open Women's Singles Quarterfinal matches
8-Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) beat 1-Garbine Muguruza Blanco (Spain) 1-6 6-3 6-2
Maria Sakkari (Greece) beat Alize Cornet (France) 7-6(2) 7-5
Caroline Garcia (France) beat Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) 7-6(3) 6-4
Ashleigh Barty (Australia) beat 3-Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 4-6 7-6(3) 7-6(2)
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