After tough victories over Magda Linette, Nicole Gibbs and even a saved match point against Zhang Shuai, world No.1 Karolina Pliskova finally enjoyed an easy ride in the fourth round of the US Open, racing into the quarterfinals with a 6-1 6-0 victory over Jennifer Brady in just 46 minutes on Monday.
The Czech won 92% of points on her first serve, broke the world No.91 Brady’s serve six times and will next face American No.20 seed Coco Vandeweghe, who reached her first US Open quarterfinal by beating doubles world No.