New York [USA], September 7 (ANI): The Number 17 seed Maria Sakkari cruised into the first US Open quarter-final of her career after halting Bianca Andreescu's 10-match winning streak in New York with a thrilling 6-7, 7-6, 6-3 upset at the Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday.

The titanic 3 hours and the 30-minute battle ended at 2:13 am, setting the new US Open record for the latest finish of a women's singles match. The previous record was set in 2016 by Madison Keys and Alison Riske, which ended at 1:46 am as per wtatennis.com.

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Sakkari, 26, now owns nine Top 20 wins this season, including a 6-4, 6-3 dismissal of No. 10 seed Petra Kvitova in the third round. She reached the semi-finals at Roland Garros in June, which remains her best showing at the majors. She's contesting the US Open with a career-best ranking of No. 18.

"I was prepared for 7-6-in-the-third, but if it comes easier, I'll take it. I knew it was going to be a very tough match," said Sakkari as per usopen.org, who overcame 43 unforced errors on the night against the 2019 champion. "She loves this court. She has her best memories here."

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Former US Open finalist (2016) Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic will bring her tournament-best 58 aces into the quarterfinals against Sakkari. Their career head-to-head is deadlocked at 1-1. (ANI)

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