Sorana Cirstea has knocked out fourth seed Karolina Pliskova 6-1 7-5 to advance to the quarter-finals of the China Open in Beijing.
Cirstea took revenge on Thursday for a loss in her only previous match against former world No.1 Pliskova in 2014.
Pliskova broke the 27-year-old Romanian’s serve early in the first set, but Cirstea fought back, winning six games in a row to clinch the first set.
The Czech achieved another service break early in the second set and built on that advantage to lead 5-2, before Cirstea mounted an impressive comeback, winning five-consecutive games to seal the win after 83 minutes.
Cirstea will next take on Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko. The French Open champion qualified for the last eight after local favourite Shuai Peng retired while trailing 0-3.