Thirty-year-old Plíšková scored her first WTA Tour season in Charleston after a December arm fracture. However, this ended the joys of the tournament trio on green clay. The native of Louny was not entitled to the round of 16.
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Plíšková already had a problem during her initial service, when the score ended in a tie seven times, but in the end she took the lead 1: 0. The key moment came in the seventh game, when Russia took the Czech tennis player’s serve, even with a clean game. Plíšková subsequently lost the serve even at 3: 5 and the 54th player in the world won the first set.
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A service demolition 🤯
Ekaterina Alexandrova secures her spot in the QF, blasting past Karolina Pliskova 6-3 6-1 to notch her best result in an American tournament!#CharlestonOpen pic.twitter.com/GdkEBFYwYO
— Credit One Charleston Open (@CharlestonOpen) April 8, 2022
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The Czech tennis player subsequently failed to enter the second set when she quickly took a 0: 3 deficit. Then, although she reduced in her service, the Russian tennis player won the next three games and after an hour and four minutes the duel was over.
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| CHARLESTON (green clay, $ 899,500 grant): |
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| Women’s Singles – Round of 16 |
| Alexandrovova (RUS) – Karolina Pliskova (3-CR) 6: 3, 6: 1 |
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