MELBOURNE
\nBarbora Krejcikova ended the dream run of 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva on Sunday to set up an Australian Open quarter-final against defending champion Aryna Sabalenka.
\nAndreeva hammered sixth seed Ons Jabeur in the second round and then had to save a match point against Diane Parry in round three.
\nBut she ran out of road in her last-16 tie on John Cain Arena against her Czech opponent, who lost the first set for the third time at the tournament before coming through 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
\n\u201cI\u2019m fighting,\u201d said Krejcikova, who had lost her previous two matches against the young Russian.
\n\u201cI\u2019m just trying to give my best and go for every single ball.
\n\u201cI think I was really improving with every single ball and I was going for it point by point.\u201d
\nBoth players struggled to hold serve in the opening set but Andreeva made the crucial break in the ninth game and served out to love.
\nThe players swapped breaks early in the second set but Krejcikova broke again in the sixth game, going on to level the match.
\nThe Czech player, 28, was again on top early in the deciding set and she broke again for a 5-2 lead, serving out comfortably to reach her second Australian Open quarter-final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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