On Wednesday, she added another defeat in the first match, this time with Jil Teichmann in Rome, where she played the finals three times and once celebrated the title. After the December fracture of the arm and a long break, Plíšková still fails to jump on the winning wave.
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“I am old enough to live on the results and enjoy it. I’m able to get rid of it now. I’m working full time. I feel ok. Mainly that my wrist is fine. I can’t be completely super positive, but if I keep this setting, it can help me in the second half of the season, “the former world number one doesn’t panic.
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At the end of March, she was in her thirties and admits that she has a hard time getting used to the number 30. “I don’t feel thirty. I still feel young, still the same and just as crazy, “she denies that age has any effect on her personality.
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Even though many are already writing it off, she is definitely not thinking about the end of her career: “As long as the body is OK, I can play. I don’t want to say that maybe five more years, because I don’t know what can happen in such a long time, but I feel good and I’m not going to quit. “
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“Even Simona Halepová beats young girls, age is simply not important in my opinion. It’s more about how you feel and if you still believe in yourself, “he compares with his Romanian peer.
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However, the coming youth can sometimes be reminded quite harshly. As was the case last year in Rome, when she drew two “canaries” from the current world number one, Iga Šwiateková. The 20-year-old Polka is now riding a wave of 25 winning matches in a row and currently has no competition.
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“I am not at all surprised (Šwiatek’s winning line). He has a game for it. Many players cross very easily because they never give the ball for free, whatever the score. You have players like Madison Keys, for example, who plays fantastically, but then comes a game where she gives you a few mistakes. But Iga simply does not have such gamma, “the Czech Republic emphasizes the current world number one.
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Plíšková is not only waiting for better results, but also for becoming an aunt, because her twin Kristýna is to give birth to a baby boy in the coming weeks.
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“I saw her last week in Prague and I took advantage of the fact that it is still quiet and only me and she could be together. Now I’m not sure if I’m going from Rome to Prague. And maybe the next time I see her, she won’t be alone. But it’s beautiful, at least now there won’t be pressure from my parents (to have a baby), so it’s fine, “he adds with a smile.
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