London, July 5 (IANS) Karolína Muchová returned to the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the third time in her career after overcoming fellow Czech and former champion Barbora Krejčíková 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 in a gripping fourth-round contest on Sunday, ensuring that a first-time women’s singles champion will be crowned at the All England Club this year.Muchova, who has now made it to at least the semi-finals of every Grand Slam except Wimbledon, broke a frustrating streak of four first-round exits in …
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Bad Homburg (Germany), June 27 (IANS) Karolina Muchova captured the Bad Homburg Open title on Saturday after Naomi Osaka was forced to retire with a foot injury early in the second set, ending a final that had been firmly under the Czech’s control.The 11th seed in the PIF WTA Rankings needed just 46 minutes to move within touching distance of the championship before Osaka, hampered by a foot problem that required treatment during the opening set, decided she could not continue. Muchova was ahead…