Karolina Pliskova out of Australian Open with hand injury
Tennis | December 16, 2021 12:44 ISTAustralian Open officials on Thursday confirmed the world fourth-ranked player's withdrawal, and said in a tweet: “wishing you a speedy recovery."
Australian Open officials on Thursday confirmed the world fourth-ranked player's withdrawal, and said in a tweet: “wishing you a speedy recovery."
Muguruza and Kontaveit, who was earlier assured of advancing, will march into the knockout stages from Group Tiotehuacan as the former's straight-set win pushed Karolina Pliskova out of the title race.
Pliskova, a 2016 finalist, beat Caty McNally 6-3, 6-4 in her first-round match as the former world No. 1 tries continues her rebound from several lean years on the tour.
Pliskova will face Camilia Giorgi of Italy, a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 winner over U.S. qualifier Jessica Pegula in the night match.
After a "horrible start", Pliskova regained her composure and recalibrated her shots enough to force a third set before losing the final 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3
Barty is the first Australian woman to win the singles trophy at the All England Club since Evonne Goolagong in 1980.
Barty won the 2019 French Open, while Pliskova is looking for her first Grand Slam title.
Pliskova hopes to do something only three women managed to accomplish since the Open era began 53 years ago: beat the top two seeds en route to the title at the All England Club.
The 25-year-old Barty won the 2019 French Open and has been atop the WTA rankings for 1.5 years.
Pliskova will face top-ranked Ash Barty in the final on Saturday.
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Pliskova claimed 24 of 26 points on her serve in one stretch, hit eight aces and saved the only three break chances.
Svitolina will play either 17th-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova or Britain's Heather Watson in the third round after a routine win over Zvonareva in just over an hour.
Third-seeded Aryna Sabalenka came from two breaks down in the deciding set to eliminate American teenager Coco Gauff 1-6, 7-5, 7-6 (2).
Halep, who lost the 2017 and 2018 Rome finals to Elina Svitolina, extended her record in tennis’ restart to 10-0.
Pliskova surged ahead of Anhelina Kalinina 4-1 in the opening set, lost three games in a row, then took the last eight for a 6-4, 6-0 victory. She had a 26-7 edge in winners
Pliskova, who has won 16 WTA tour titles in her career so far, is famous for her calm on-court demeanour as well as her big serving.
The event is scheduled to be played from May 26 to May 28 in the capital city of Czech Republic.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Karolina Pliskova 7-6, 7-6 to win her third round fixture and set up a clash with Angelique Kerber.
Serena Williams won her first title since 2017 on Sunday after she won the ASB Classic in Auckland.
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