Muguruza happy to shake off jinx

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New York, September 1: Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza has shaken off her US Open "curse." Now, the Spanish third seed is taking aim at a third Grand Slam title and world No 1 ranking.

Muguruza defeated China's 92nd-ranked Duan Ying-Ying 6-4, 6-0 to reach the US Open's third round for the first time in five tries. "I know I had like a curse and I broke it finally. I'm so happy," Muguruza said.

"I think about it before - 'I'm once again here, I have another chance, let's try to break this.'"

If Muguruza can defeat Slovakian 31st seed Magdalena Rybarikova to reach the fourth round, she will become the woman to catch in the race for world number one.

"I try to focus on more winning matches here and try to go forward rather than the ranking because is the first step, to win matches, getting far in tournament, and we see after," Muguruza said.

Muguruza admitted just getting this far was a big hurdle to overcome. "I feel like a relief in a way," Muguruza said.

"I've been always stuck in this round. I didn't know really why. I'm happy that at least I am one more round up. I still want to go as far as I can."