Tennis: Muchová beats Sákkari to advance to Madrid quarterfinals

Czech tennis player Karolína Muchová beat María Sákkari of Greece at the Mutua Madrid Open in three sets (0:6, 7:6 and 5:7) to make it into the quarterfinals. She next faces Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia.

Muchová was ranked no. 20 before Madrid. Her fellow national Petra Kvitová, the world no. 12, takes on top seed Ashleigh Barty of Australia on Wednesday afternoon.