Bartunkova thrashes fellow Czech Muchova to continue dream run in Beijing

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/bartunkova-n-84ILHaZ4/muchova-k-Or4Qa1ye/?mid=0O5NGGR0"]The 20-year-old sealed the win in just 66 minutes[/a] and will play either [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/andreeva-mirra/lI6fOOat/"]Mirra Andreeva[/a] or [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alexandrova-ekaterina/dzbgeEFF/"]Ekaterina Alexandrova[/a] in the next round.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bartunkova-nikola/84ILHaZ4/"]Bartunkova[/a] won five consecutive games in 19 minutes in the first set as her seventh-seeded opponent struggled to respond.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muchova-karolina/Or4Qa1ye/"]Muchova[/a] saved five set points, but it was not enough to hold back Bartunkova, who had already ousted second-seeded [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sabalenka-aryna/vyhksgUB/"]Aryna Sabalenka[/a] from the tournament in Beijing.[/p][p]She raced into another five-game lead in the second set and gave Muchova no chance of a reprieve, forcing her into firing long to seal a win she described as a "dream come true".[/p][embed guid="005e85fe-e487-4c17-b13f-6d02aa363d56" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUx7SdYu_dk&pp=ygUKYmFydHVua292YQ%3D%3D" social-type="youtube" /][p][b]"Honestly, I don't know. It was (an) unbelievable match,"[/b] Bartunkova said on court.[/p][p][b]"She's a great player and also a great human being.[/b][/p][p][b]"It was a really tough match today, but I was just trying to put my best tennis, and I did it."[/b][/p][p]Andreeva and Alexandrova were due to play each other later on Thursday in an all-Russian affair.[/p]