They had almost 80 unforced errors combined and it was Garbine who hit twice as many winners as her opponent, taking charge after that grueling opening set to sail through the second. They traded breaks at the start of the match before Timea grabbed another one in game five to move 4-2 up.
Garbine pulled it back in game eight, creating a set point at 6-5 that Bacsindzky saved to set up a tie break and extend already very long set. In the breaker, Muguruza prevailed 7-5 with a service winner and she took charge from 1-2 in set number two, rattling off five straight games to seal the deal and avoid spending more time on the court.
Serving at 74%, Karolina fired nine aces although Giorgi found the way to tame the rivals initial shot, converting all three break points she earned to stay competitive for almost the entire match.
On the other hand, Pliskova was more effective behind the second serve return, gaining no less than 16 break chances and converting five to move into the next round. Karolina lost just five points on serve in the opening set and she grabbed the opportunity to steal Giorgis serve in game five before holding at 15 at 5-4 to secure the opener.
Camila bounced back at the start of the second set, breaking the rival thrice and saving a break point at 5-3 to take the set and send the match into a decider after 20 winners she blasted in this set alone (she had 43 in the end but also 53 unforced errors).
Pliskova managed to leave this set behind her and find her A game in the third set, dropping four points on serve and breaking Giorgi in games four and eight to book the place in the fourth round. <table
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