Czech tennis player Kristýna Plíšková will play for the finals at the WTA tournament in Prague. To win the quarterfinals, she only had to win two games, because the Romanian Ana Bogdanová injured her muscle while trying to catch up with stopball and had to retire the duel in her lead 5: 2 in the first set. Her opponent in the fight for the finals will be the third seeded Elise Mertens from Belgium, who defeated the Canadian Bouchard 6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 4. Romanian world number two Simona Halepová defeated Magdalena Frechová 6: 2, 6: 0 and is in the semifinals.
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Kristýna Plíšková is fighting for the semifinals.
Vlastimil Vacek, Right
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Third seeded Mertens eliminated former Wimbledon finalist Eugenia Bouchard. The Canadian, who played the Prague Open on Sparta clay due to a wild card, beat 6: 4, 1: 6 and 6: 4 and will play with Plíšková in the semifinals.
The quarterfinals did not start well with Bogdan and lost 0: 3. At 1: 5, the Romanian woman served to win in the set, but the Czech tennis player won a breakball. She sent the ball behind him just behind the net, and Bogdan worsened the injury to her left thigh, which she had bandaged from the beginning, as she slipped.
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After consulting with a physiotherapist, Bogdanová gave up the match and shook Plíšková’s hand. The match ended prematurely after thirty-eight minutes.
“It’s not exactly the result I want. If I say it badly, I’d rather lose than win like this, but I’m in the semifinals and it counts. No one would want it like that, but I won’t affect it. Maybe it’ll be okay soon, “said Plíšková.
She fought Mertens twice and both matches were played last year. The Czech tennis player did not even play a set in Doha or the US Open. “It will be very difficult and I will have to play much better than today,” said Plíšková.
He plays the doubles semifinals in a pair with Lucie Hradecká. “Originally I didn’t want to play doubles, but Lucka was looking for someone at the last minute and it was spontaneous,” said Plíšková. They are deployed as Hradeks with Hradecká. Kateřina Siniaková and Barbora Krejčíková, the highest players, advanced to the doubles semifinals.
After two tens of battles, tournament number one Halepová defeated Polka Magdalena Frechová smoothly in 6: 2 and 6: 0 hours. Next time, he will face either compatriot Irina-Camelia Begu or the Spaniard Sara Sorribes.
| WTA Prague Open Circuit (clay, $ 225,500 grant): |
| Singles – quarterfinals |
| Bogdanová (ROU) – Kristýna Plíšková (CZE) 5: 2, ret. Bogdanová |
| Mertens (3-BEL) – Bouchard (CAN) 6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 4 |
| Halepová (1-ROU) – Frechová (POL) 6: 2, 6: 0 |
| Singles – Round 2 |
| Begu (ROU) – Küng (Switzerland) 6: 7 (3: 7), 7: 5, 7: 6 (9: 7) |
| Doubles Quarterfinals: |
| Krejčíková, Siniaková (1-CR) – Kuděrmětovová, Pavljučenkovová (RUS) 6: 1, 7: 6 (7: 1). |
| Doubles – Semifinals |
| Hradecká, Kristýna Plíšková (2-CR) – Rusova, Zidansekova (Niz./Slovin.) 6: 3, 3: 6, 10: 4. |
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