Muchova needs nine match points to edge Osaka and reach quarter-finals in Beijing

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muchova-karolina/Or4Qa1ye/"]Muchova[/a], the seventh seed, overcame 50 unforced errors across the two-hour-and-52-minute match to beat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/osaka-naomi/MDM4BKiA/"]Osaka[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/muchova-k-Or4Qa1ye/osaka-n-MDM4BKiA/?mid=furfOFn1"]7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (9/7)[/a].[/p][p]Osaka, the current world number 17, surrendered a three-game lead in the first set after a series of misfired shots in the seventh game.[/p][p]The 28-year-old who represents Japan dropped just one game to win the second set and saved eight match points in the third but could not get past Muchova's match-winning volley.[/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="817d0665-d21d-4082-bcff-334e0189d07a" credit-line="Flashscore" hidden-attrs="alt, credit" guid="bf93b618-cf0b-4353-a0dd-f3485054682d" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p][b]"I think she played always great and steady,"[/b] the 30-year-old Czech player told the crowd.[/p][p][b]"I was shaking. I'm happy I made the last volley... Naomi could be standing here. It's me, and I'm really grateful for it."[/b][/p][p]In the quarter-finals, she will play fellow Czech [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bartunkova-nikola/84ILHaZ4/"]Nikola Bartunkova[/a], who later defeated Austria's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kraus-sinja/6oA7gaee/"]Sinja Kraus[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/bartunkova-n-84ILHaZ4/kraus-s-6oA7gaee/?mid=6u3dRUNF"]6-0, 4-6, 6-3[/a].[/p][embed guid="9cbb9b42-7716-4b6b-992e-9c7390fee4d4" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmuaUnlmw4Q" social-type="youtube" /][p]Earlier, Russia's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/andreeva-mirra/lI6fOOat/"]Mirra Andreeva[/a] beat Ukraine's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/snigur-daria/YuOTpKxj/"]Daria Snigur[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/andreeva-m-lI6fOOat/snigur-d-YuOTpKxj/?mid=Kj1EocKi"]6-2, 6-2[/a] to book her quarter-final spot against fellow Russian [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alexandrova-ekaterina/dzbgeEFF/"]Ekaterina Alexandrova[/a].[/p][p]Alexandrova, ranked 28th, upset Wimbledon champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/noskova-linda/zHMiAkw6/"]Linda Noskova[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/alexandrova-e-dzbgeEFF/noskova-l-zHMiAkw6/?mid=Iyj6tGoA"]6-2, 6-2[/a], ending the Czech player's bid to return to the Beijing final that she reached last year.[/p][embed guid="f37bc220-bcb9-4c37-b1bd-143a177a681c" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlKbwpraDHY" social-type="youtube" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/muchova-k-Or4Qa1ye/osaka-n-MDM4BKiA/?mid=furfOFn1"]Follow the women's China Open with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]