Under new coach Leoš Friedl and at her favorite station in Canada, Karolína Plíšková has finally earned the trust of the game. For the first time in all season, the current Czech number one has a positive ratio between wins and losses.
The last time Karolína Plíšková won three games in a row was in May, but “only” at an uninhabited place in Strasbourg. Now, instead, he collects the scalps of real stars.
In Toronto, she gradually beat Barbora Krejčíková, Amanda Anisimová and Maria Sakkariová, world number four.
“The Czech Republic is back at a very impressive rate,” the Tennis Majors server wrote. The official WTA website draws attention to statistical interest:
“Despite a long gap since her last game against a top player, Pliskova has now won her last four matches against top five opponents.”
Plíšková faced players from the top ten this season for the first time and got it right. This year, for the first time, he has more wins than losses, thanks to the Toronto mission, he changed the score from 10:12 to 13:12.
A protracted crisis seemed inevitable and Plíšková bravely defied fate.
He needs two more wins to reach the final, where he will retain points from last year’s campaign in Montreal. If he didn’t hold on, he would fall to the bottom of elite twenty. Apparently, only behind Barbora Krejčíková, which means she will lose the national number one post.
On the night of Friday through Saturday, Central European time, the thirty-year-old will fight for a place in the semifinals. Against unexpected opponents.
The talented Chinese woman Cheng Chin-wen proved her talent and ambition high in Toronto, she has left Wimbledon finalist Uns Džábirová and US Open domestic winner from 2019 Bianca Andreescu behind her in the tournament.
In recent months, the 19-year-old sensation has invaded the boundaries of the world’s elite 50, even though he started the season as the 143rd player in the world.
This year, among other things, he reached the last 16 of the French Open, he also won two rounds at Wimbledon and, as you can see, he can be dangerous on all surfaces. In Toronto, he will play his first career quarter-final in the WTA 1000 tournament.
Here’s how Cheng converted match points in the match against Andreescu:
“He’s making waves,” the WTA organization wrote.
The Chinese have already seen in him the future best tennis player in their history, the successor to two-time Grand Slam champion Li Na. A legend with a close friendship with Petra Kvitová managed to reach the second world ranking in his career.
After the win over Andreescu, eng also believed in Plíšková. He stated that it would be a big challenge, but he was able to handle it.
“It will be very important to improve my service level and success percentage. It will be a tough match, an interesting match,” added Cheng Qinwen.
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