Muguruza crowned at China Open

Spain's Garbine Muguruza beat Timea Bacsinszky in straight sets on Sunday to win the China Open women's singles title and keep a perfect 3-0 record against the Swiss rival.

Muguruza, who will move from No. 5 to a new career-high No. 4 in the world rankings on Monday, overcame the early jitters to give a 7-5, 6-4 beating to Bacsinszky, who is now assured of making the top 10 for the first time in her career.

The first set started with Bascinszky breaking the rival's serve and Muguruza breaking back. The Swiss jumped to 3-1 by breaking the fourth game and then 5-2 with one more break and a save.

Forced to the corner, Muguruza fought back strongly and won five straight games.

Tied 4-4 in the second set, Muguruza broke the ninth game and kept serve in the 10th to claim her second career title.

Highlights of Muguruza's career also include winning her maiden title at the Hobart International in 2014, reaching the final of the 2015 Wimbledon Championships and making consecutive quarterfinal appearances at the 2014 and 2015 French Open.

This year's China Open missed the biggest names in the game after Maria Sharapova withdrew with a left forearm injury and top-ranked Serena Williams pulled out to heal from a series of injuries and the heartbreak of losing in his U.S. Open bid.

Top-seeded Simona Halep retired from her first round game with a recurring Achilles injury and Eugenie Bouchard exited the opener with dizziness. Endi