Plíšková reaches quarter-finals at US Open but Kvitová exits

Karolína Plíšková has reached the women’s singles quarter-finals at tennis’s US Open in New York. The Czech beat Victoria Arazenka of Belarus 7-5 6-7 6-2 and will now face another Belarusian, Aryna Sabalenka, for a place in the last four at Flushing Meadows.

Meanwhile Petra Kvitová is out of the Grand Slam tournament after losing to Jessica Pegula of the US 3-6 2-6.