Karolina Pliskova during the final in Rome when she retired due to injury. @InteBNLdItalia
Karolina Pliskova during the final in Rome when she retired due to injury. @InteBNLdItalia
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The Russian Veronika Kudermetova, of 23 years, eliminated in the round of 16 to the number one favorite, the Czech Karolina Pliskova of the Ostrava Open. Kudermetova surprised by winning 4-6 6-4 6-3, after 1 hour and 53 minutes.
For many tennis players, winning a tournament and ranking sixth in the rankings would mean a good season. The former number one in the world, Karolina Pliskova, is not satisfied with results and your game. It failed in Grand Slam and prefer to forget about an atypical year, affected and shortened by the pandemic of the Covid-19
“I would eliminate this year”, Pliskova complained in the video conference after being eliminated in the second round of the Ostrava Open (Czech Republic). “I can hardly say that I am happy with this year’s game. Of course, it wasn’t the results I wanted ”, he argued.
Measures against the spread of Covid-19 affected Pliskova, who only played nine tournaments and has already decided to close his participation for this year. The balance is negative with 14 wins and 8 losses. “The season was irregular. I did not play matches and tournaments as I wanted. There was a good tournament in Rome, ”he said, recalling his September participation in the final on Italian clay. However, in Roma was unable to complete the final match due to a muscle injury and chose to withdraw when she was beaten in the second set (0-6 2-1) by the romanian Simona Halep, who turned out champion.
The best thing that happened to him was at the beginning of the season, in January in Brisbane (Australia), where he defended his title. “I forgot about that, it has been a long time,” she ironically annoyed the Czech.
Not ideal
At the beginning of March, the tennis circuit was stopped for months due to the advance of the contagious pandemic of the coronavirus. “It is not an ideal setting for me. It would be nice if I had more tournaments and matches. However, that was the case. I’m glad something happened with some tournaments, “he added.
Due to the changes within the calendar, he played two tough tournaments after the break. “The rhythm of the game is not like that. I don’t play how I would like and how I can. All I can do is work on something and change it. I can only influence that ”, concluded the tennis player.
And Brisbane
Karolina Pliskova had her sweetest moment this year when she took the title in Brisbane, Australia, on hard court. In january had expired 6-4 4-6 7-5 in the final to the American Madison Keys.
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