Muguruza advances to the quarters without playing due to the loss of Azarenka

Garbiñe Muguruza had a placid day in Chicago, unlike in his party of debut against American Ann Li. So much so that he did not even have to play his game against Victoria Azarenka to advance to the quarterfinals of the tournament. The Belarusian caused loss of the final table due to injury, so the Venezuelan-Spanish will arrive physically fresh and full of energy to face her next duel against the Japanese Mai hontama (200th), which gave the surprise against Rogers: 6-4, 6-7 (1) and 6-1.

In the rest of the matches of the day this Thursday, the highlight was the wins for Elina Svitolina (first seed) and Ons Jabeur (sixth), which guarantees a top-level match between the two in the quarterfinals. The other pairings are as follows: Collins against Vondrousova and Bencic against Rybakina.

Third round results

Elina Svitolina (UKR / N.1) defeated Gabriela Ruse (RUM): 6-3, 6-3

Ons Jabeur (TUN / N.6) to Jessica Pegula (USA / N.9): 1-6, 6-2, 6-3

Elena Rybakina (KAZ / N.5) to Veronika Kudermetova (RUS / N.12): 7-6 (7/4), 7-5

Danielle Collins (USA / N.10) to Elise Mertens (BEL / N.7): 6-2, 6-4

Markéta Vondrousová (CZE) to Jil Teichmann (SUI / N.16): 6-4, 6-3

Mai Hontama (JPN) to Shelby Rogers (USA): 6-4, 6-7 (1/7), 6-1

Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP / N.2) to Victoria Azarenka (BLR / N.14): did not appear