Red-hot Spaniard Garbine Muguruza blasted into her first Australian Open quarter-final on Sunday with a resounding straight-sets thumping of Sorana Cirstea. The French Open champion was too much for the Romanian, winning 6-2, 6-3 on Margaret Court Arena and looking as if she is hitting her stride in Melbourne.
She will now play either German world number one Angelique Kerber or unseeded American Coco Vandeweghe for a place in the semi-finals.
"This was a very important match for me because it was my third time in the round of 16 and I had never gone through before," she said.
"It means a lot. I always come here very motivated and to be in the quarter-finals is a great achievement. I'm looking forward to keeping on winning."
While Muguruza, seeded seven, she has been getting better as the tournament progresses with Cirstea, ranked 78, under the gun from the start.