Tennis - Australian Open - Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia, January 21, 2018. Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain celebrates winning against Anett Kontaveit of Estonia. REUTERS/Issei Kato
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Carla Suarez Navarro struck a blow for one of the endangered shots of women's tennis as she used her single-handed backhand to great effect to beat Estonian Anett Kontaveit and reach the Australian Open quarter-finals on Sunday.
The diminutive Spaniard dug herself out of a deep hole, hitting back from a set and two breaks of serve down to win 4-6 6-4 8-6 on a muggy Rod Laver Arena and secure a clash with second seed Caroline Wozniacki.
