Martic ousts Pliskova; Samsonova to face Muguruza in Tokyo QFs

Tokyo [Japan], September 22 (ANI): World number 46 Petra Martic advanced to the quarterfinals of the Toray Pan Pacific Open with a 6-3, 6-4 win over No.6 seed Karolina Pliskova.

Martic will play Zhang Shuai in her upcoming quarterfinal, which will be her fourth of the year.

Martic broke a two-match losing trend to Pliskova in a match where she played the crucial points better, and she now leads the tour-level head-to-head