Karolína Muchová scored the scalp of the world number two!

The effects of the injury seem to be a thing of the past. Karolína Muchová gave a great performance against the world number two and advanced to the eighth round in Madrid. She emulated her compatriot Petra Kvitova.

In the first round of the Madrid tournament, Karolína Muchová handled Qiang Wang without much difficulty. It was her first victory after an abdominal muscle injury, which caused her to miss the events in Dubai and Miami.

The confidante of coach David Kotyza also had an excellent start to the match against Naomi Osaka, the world number two. The 24-year-old native of Olomouc took advantage of the first break point and quickly took the lead.

The tennis player from Moravia was dominant on her serve and did not let her opponent have many opportunities. Thanks to that, she dominated the first set with a 6:4 ratio and could start thinking about her fourth victory against a toy of the elite ten.

The Japanese tennis player lost her serve at the beginning of the second set, which brought Much closer to advancing to the eighth round of the Mutua Madrid Open, one of the biggest clay tournaments of the season.

But Osaka’s reaction didn’t wait long. The winner of both the Australian Open and the US Open took the opportunity in the sixth game of the second set and took the initiative of the match.

As time went on, Osaka got into her normal operating temperature. The tournament runner-up managed five games in a row to win the second set 6:3. The match had to be decided in the third set.

Muchova entered it better and within eleven minutes she took a comfortable 3::0 lead. In the rest of the match, the Czech Republic representative did not allow any drama and enjoyed a well-deserved promotion to the eight-finals. She will face the better of Sakkari – Kontaveit.

Source: O2 TV Tennis