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Muguruza sets up Azarenka blockbuster clash

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On a rain-affected third day, a quartet of former Grand Slam champions avoided the showers to book their place in the third round of the US Open at Flushing Meadows.

Garbine Muguruza has never gone beyond the fourth round in New York - the only Grand Slam where she has failed to reach the last eight, but she advanced to a blockbuster third-round showdown with Victoria Azarenka.

Muguruza needed two tie-breaks and almost two-and-a-half hours to beat Donna Vekic in the first round, but she had a more straightforward 6-4 6-2 win over Germany's Andrea Petkovic, while Azarenka also came through in straight sets.

Like Muguruza, Azarenka is a two-time Grand Slam champion having won the Australian Open twice, but she has come agonisingly close at.

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