Her opponent today, Su-Wei Hseih, has knocked out Muguruza so she has deserved her spot in the fourth round match against the 2016 champion.
In the opening game, Su-Wei had her serve broken, Kerber ending it with a backhand winner.
Next was a Kerber hold, thanks to errors from Su-Wei. 2-0.
Kerber led 2-1 then was broken for 3-3.
Both held for 4-4. Kerber saved three break points but not a fourth, and she was broken and trailed 4-5.
From deuce, Hseih hit two winners to take the set 6-4 and put Angie under pressure for the first time this tournament.
Hseih saved four break points to lead 3-2 in set two.
Kerber broke serve and took the lead 4-3, based on a double fault and errors from Su-Wei.
Su-Wei hit back immediately, breaking Angie and holding serve for 5-4.
Kerber was one game from exiting the tournament.
Three winners highlighted an excellent Kerber service game levelling things at 5-5.
From 40-15 Hseih lost 4 points in a row, Angie securing the break with a winning forehand.
Two winners from the German racquet helped Kerber to a love game and the second set 7-5 - the 21st seed was much more content but still worried about what Su-Wei could conjure.
Set three began with an exchange of breaks and 1-1.
Then Angie went on a burst of four games and led 5-1 with Su-Wei serving to stay in the match.
She saved two match points before holding serve with a clutch winner.
However Angie Kerber had no trouble serving it out, a forehand winner the punctuation mark.
4-6 7-5 6-2 and Angie worked extremely hard to make it to a quarter final where she will play Madison Keys (17) who is in seriously hot form
Watch out for a rise up the rankings in 2018 for Su-Wei Hseih - she should be back in the top thirty. She already will jump about 17 spots to 71 or 72 thanks to her exploits here.
Angie is happy to know that her ranking will be in the upper top twenty regardless of what happens from now.
She will be number 9 with a win over Keys
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