Karolina Pliskova in all eight tournaments this year, she won the opening match, but added only two of them to the second win and was unable to win once in a row.
She managed it on the ninth attempt at a popular tournament in Rome, where she even found a recipe for four opponents. After Ruska Zvonareva and Latvians Sevastova and Ostapenkova, who escaped from three match points, she also dealt with a not very popular opponent in the first semifinal this year. Petro Martichov from Croatia.
8 | that | 4 |
9 | double errors | 2 |
68 % | 1st submission ‘in’ | 56 % |
67 % | suc. 1st administration | 55 % |
48 % | suc. 2nd administration | 46 % |
37 | winnery | 20 |
31 | nevyn. mistakes | 34 |
6/13 | breakball | 3/10 |
91 | total points | 78 |
time: 1:54 |
The 29-year-old Czech won 6-1 3-6 6-2 and v seventh mutual encounter she scored her third prize. She succeeded in clay until the third attempt, before that she had not even played a hundred against her one-year older opponent.
Plíšková won the first set in 28 minutes, but in the end she managed to advance. Martičová got up, leveled and managed to erase the loss of 0-2 in the decisive set. After that, however, the ninth player in the world did not allow her a point.
In Rome, where three of the first four starts ended immediately after the introductory performance, Plíšková advanced to the finals for the third year in a row. She triumphed the year before last year, and last year she gave up the title fight due to back pain.
On Sunday, former world number one Plíšková will strive for a total of 17th title against 19-year-old Polka in the jubilee 30th final. Ize Šwiatekovéwhich was dominated by Roland Garros last year. So far, she has only competed with a Polish teenager last year in the Tipsport Elite Trophy and lost to her in three sets.
“I think she was a little worried this week as well. But if you win matches from the match matches, it will give you strength. It happened to her, it happened to me,” Plíšková reminded her hardened quarterfinal win over Jelena Ostapenková and Šwiateková’s escape from two matchwords from Barbora Krejčíková in the round of 16. “She is the champion Roland Garros. It will not be easy,” added the Czech tennis player.
Šwiateková managed two matches today. First, in the quarterfinals, which were postponed due to rain yesterday, she defeated the world six Ukrainian 6-2 7-5 Elina Svitolinová. A few hours later, she defeated 7-6 6-3, two years younger American Cori Gauff, and from the last 15 matches on clay she scored her 14th victory.
Šwiateková reached the finals for the fourth time in her career, in addition to her triumph at the Paris Grand Slam this year, she also triumphed on the hard surface in Adelaide.
Vondroušová is in the doubles final for the first time
Markéta Vondroušová with a Frenchwoman Kristinou Mladenovicovou in Rome, the Romanian-Italian duo Irina Beguová and Sara Erraniová defeated 6-2 6-3, followed the scalp of the second Czechs, Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková, and advanced to the finals in the first joint tournament.
The 21-year-old Czech, who won the junior doubles at the Australian Open and Roland Garros in 2015, will play for the first time in her WTA tournament title.
• Singles – Quarterfinals • |
Šwiateková (15-Pol.) – Svitolinová (5-Ukr.) 6-2 7-5 |
• Singles – Semifinals • |
Kar. Plíšková (CZE) – Marticova (HRV) 6-1 3-6 6-2 |
Šwiateková (15-Pol.) – Gauffová (USA) 7-6 (3) 6-3 |
• Doubles – Semifinals • |
Mladenovicová /Vondroušová (Fr./CR) – Errani / Begu (It./Rum.) 6-2 6-3 |
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