Muguruza eager to face Ostapenko in quarters

World No 1 Garbine Muguruza powered her way into the quarter-finals at the Wuhan Open yesterday, defeating Poland’s Magda Linette 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 to set up a clash with Jelena Ostapenko. The Spaniard dominated the first set but performed meekly in the second at a hot and humid tournament that has seen all but three seeds crash out. Muguruza, 23, suffered with a poor forehand in the third set but broke her opponent at 4-5 to clinch the thirdround tie. “Today I had a very tough match and had to go out there and fight a lot. The second set didn’t go my way at all,” she said, later adding that she was “looking forward” to her quarter-final clash with Ostapenko, the 2017 French Open winner, after the Latvian overpowered Monica Puig of Puerto Rico 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.