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Li ends teen Muguruza's run

Miami - China's Li Na reached the quarter-finals of the Miami Masters here on Monday with an error strewn 7-6 (8/6), 6-2 win over giant-killing Spanish teenager Garbine Muguruza.

Li - who is playing in her first tournament since suffering an ankle injury in January's Australian Open - made 39 unforced errors including four double faults and allowed her 19-year-old opponent to battle back to 5-5 in the first set having led 5-1.

Even at 6-1 in the tie-breker Li faltered as 73rd-ranked Mugurza, who had claimed the scalps of the seeded Caroline Wozniacki and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in previous rounds, fought back to 6-6.

However, fifth-seeded Li pulled herself together to take the next two points and the set.

Li was more clinical in the second set breaking Mugurza, who was born in Venezuela but has a Spanish father who now lives in Barcelona, in the second game and closing the match out when her opponent served a double fault on match point.

Li will play either top seeded American Serena Williams or 13th-seed Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia in the quarter-finals.

Results on Monday from the seventh day of the $8.5m WTA and ATP Masters Miami hardcourt tournament (x denotes seeding):

Men

Third round


Nicolas Almagro (ESP x10) bt David Goffin (BEL) 6-3, 6-4
Richard Gasquet (FRA x8) bt Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x28) 6-3, 6-4

Women

Fourth round

Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x13) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
Kirsten Flipkens (BEL x30) bt Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) 6-7 (6/8), 6-4, 6-3
Li Na (CHN x5) bt Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 7-6 (8/6), 6-2

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