Karolina Pliskova overcomes scare against Veronica Cepede Royg to reach last eight

ByEurosport

Updated 05/06/2017 at 20:10 GMT

Second seed Karolina Pliskova recovered from losing the first set to complete a 2-6 6-3 6-4 win over world number 97 Verónica Cepede Royg in the French Open last 16.

A US Open finalist last year, the Czech world number three was made to fight all the way to reach the quarter-finals and a match with Caroline Garcia, who was a 6-2 6-4 winner over Alize Cornet in their last-16 match.

Paraguay's Cepede Royg had a break point while leading 4-3 in the decider, but Pliskova overcame that scare and won the remaining games.

Highlights: Pliskova sees off Veronica Cepede Royg to reach last eight

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Cepede Royg made an impressive start as she sprayed Court Suzanne Lenglen with winners but nerves eventually kicked in, allowing Pliskova to secure victory after one hour and 51 minutes

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Results from the French Open Women's Singles Round 4 matches on Monday

2-Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) beat Veronica Cepede Royg (Paraguay) 2-6 6-3 6-4

28-Caroline Garcia (France) beat Alize Cornet (France) 6-2 6-4

5-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) beat Petra Martic (Croatia) 4-6 6-3 7-5

3-Simona Halep (Romania) beat 21-Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) 6-1 6-1

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