Czech Muchova reaches first quarter-final of the year in Tallinn

Czech wildcard Karolina Muchova reached her first quarter-final of 2022 as she beat Swiss qualifier Viktorija Golubic 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 at the Tallinn Open on Wednesday.

Former top 20 player Muchova, now ranked No 224 after missing six months due to back and abdominal injuries, beat French qualifier Jessika Ponchet (6-0, 6-2).

It’s Muchova first quarter-final on Tour since she reached the last eight at Wimbledon in 2021, having recently battled a wrist injury.

Golubic, ranked No 89, won against American Madison Keys, the No 4 seed (6-3, 6-2) in the previous round.

Tallinn WTA 250, other second-round results (Forus Tennis Centre, hard, EUR 251.750, most recent results first):

• Shuai Zhang vs. Donna Vekic
• Ysaline Bonaventure vs. Jil Teichmann
• Anett Kontaveit vs. Tereza Martincova
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Linda Noskova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia: wednesday
• Belinda Bencic (2) beat Katie Boulter (Q): 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-3