TOKYO (Reuters) - World number one Garbine Muguruza put on a clinical display to power past Caroline Garcia 6-2 6-4 in the Pan Pacific Open quarter-finals in Tokyo on Friday. "To achieve this dream I've had since I was a child gives me a lot of confidence first," Muguruza said in a courtside interview. The Dane got an early break in the final set to go 3-1 up before her opponent could no longer continue. Earlier, Germany's Angelique Kerber won a battle of former world number ones against Karolina Pliskova 7-6(5) 7-5 to set up a semi-final clash against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. She did, however, hold her nerve during the first set tie-break to edge ahead and then finally broke in the 12th game of the second set to seal a spot in the last four.

Source: The Star September 22, 2017 10:07 UTC