Spain s Muguruza defeats Australian Tomljanovic, reaches semis

Monterrey (Mexico) April 7 (IANS) Spain s top-seed Garbiñe Muguruza recovered from an early loss of serve to power her way to a 6-3 6-0 victory over Australia s Ajla Tomljanovic and reach the semi-finals of the Monterrey Open.

Unforced errors meant Muguruza s serve was broken in the first game of the match as Tomljanovic raced into a 2-0 lead on Friday reports Efe.

The Spaniard then unleashed her strong two-handed backhand and her powerful drive as she walked away with the first set 6-3 producing 11 winners.

The second set was even more lopsided as world number three Muguruza broke her opponent in three consecutive games winning the set 6-0.

She moves on to the semi-finals where she will face Romania s Ana Bogdan who won her tie against American Danielle Collins 6-2 6-4.

Olympic champion Monica Puig of Puerto Rico lost in straight sets to fourth-seed Hungarian Timea Babos.

Elsewhere in the quarter-finals seventh-seed Sachia Vickery of the United States defeated the Slovak Magdalena Rybarikova 6-0 6-3.

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