Karolina Pliskova advances in Qatar Total Open 2017. Caroline Garcia out

DOHA, Qatar
 It was straightforward work for second seed Karolina Pliskova  at the Qatar Total Open  as she swatted aside caroline Garcia 7-5, 6-4 to secure her place in the quarterfinals.

The Czech needed a little over an hour to complete her straight-sets win and set up a clash with Zhang shuai  in the next round.

Garcia put in a gutsy performance, though, saving match point in the ninth game of the second set before finally succumbing to the World No.3.