It was the third consecutive time that Karolina Muchova has won against the three-time major winner and the Czech player now leads their head-to-head series 3-1.

Karolina Muchova snapped U.S. Open champion Aryna Sabalenka's 15-match win streak to shock her 7-6(5) 2-6 6-4 in the China Open quarter-finals on Friday, while Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen beat Mirra Andreeva 5-7 6-0 6-4 to reach the semi-finals.

Karolina Muchova resists a fightback from number one seed Aryna Sabalenka to reach the semi-finals of the China Open.

Karolina Muchova ended top seed Aryna Sabalenka's 15-match winning run on Friday to set up a China Open semi-final against Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen.

Karolina Muchova snapped U.S. Open champion Aryna Sabalenka's 15-match win streak to shock her 7-6(5) 2-6 6-4 in the China Open quarter-finals on Friday, while Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen beat Mirra Andreeva 5-7 6-0 6-4 to reach the semi-finals.

Karolina Muchova snapped No. 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka's 15-match winning streak with a 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-4 victory in the quarterfinals of the China Open on Friday in Beijing. With her win in 2 hours and 46 minutes, the unseeded Czech advanced to the semifinals of the WTA 1000 event to face home favorite and No. 5 seed Qinwen Zheng.

Aryna Sabalenka (No. 2 ranking) will meet Karolina Muchova (No. 49) in the quarterfinals at the China Open on Friday, October 4. Watch Tennis Channel by subscribing to Fubo today. In terms of serve/return winning percentages over her last 10 tournaments, Sabalenka has won 79.9% of her games on serve, and 38.1% on return.

Karolina Muchova halted world No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka’s 15-match winning streak with a shock comeback win in the quarter-finals of the China Open.

The 49th-ranked Karolina Muchova stunned top seed Aryna Sabalenka in three sets to reach the China Open semi-finals on Friday. This time last year 28-year-old Muchova was ranked ninth in the world having reached the French Open final and semi-finals at Flushing Meadows.