The domestic media tennis column can easily be called “The Fruhvirt Sisters” in recent weeks.

Not a month goes by without two talented young girls making another breakthrough in their careers.

But of course it’s disrespectful to the tennis players who have been on the circuit for several years and they are enjoying a nice harvest too. At the US Open, “veterans” Petra Kvitová and Karolína Plíšková reached round 4 each. the quarterfinals and especially the 26 year olds Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková won the double.

But what goes on behind them deserves a lot of attention. The Fruhvirt sisters rose beyond any Czech sporting system under the guidance of their parents step by step to the top of the world.

And most importantly, they almost take turns filling the sports media pages with new successes. Yesterday Brenda, today Linda. Fruhvirtová’s older sister has jumped nearly a hundred places over the past three weeks.

But let’s get it straight, because Linda’s entire tennis year deserves some attention. In the spring, he received a wild card to the Miami Open. She went from there as the 279th player in the women’s WTA rankings.

He beat Montenegrin Danka Kovini in the first round. It was a double breakthrough – her first win on the WTA 1000 circuit and also her first win over the world’s 100 players. In the second round, she beat 20th seed and Belgian 24th Elise Mertens. Two more breakthroughs – the biggest win of his career to date and at the same time he beat opponents from the top 25 for the first time.

“I’ve never played against a player from the Top 25. I don’t want to believe it, but I’m so glad I did,” Linda told a news conference.

But it’s not over yet. She then recorded her first win over a top 20 opponent when she beat former world number one Viktoria Azarenka of Belarus. She could not go any further, in the fourth round she lost to Spaniard Paula Badosa.

But… tournaments can be read in a different way. Linda got there further than the much more experienced and famous Karolína Plíšková, Karolína Muchová, Kateřina Siniaková, Marie Bouzková or Tereza Martincová. Only Petra Kvitová made it to the quarter-finals.

Success in Miami Lind immediately catapulted him to rank 188.

She experienced Grand Slam qualification for the first time at the French Open. Then she took a break with that breakthrough until the recent US Open, where she left number 167. She made it into the main draw after three qualifying wins. And suddenly there was another breakthrough – a Grand Slam debut.

In the first round, she eliminated 20-year-old Chinese woman Wang Sin-yü from the world’s top ten eighth. Despite losing to world number 10 Garbiñe Muguruza in the second round, it was almost a sensation. He lost the first set smoothly, but then he came back and was already leading 4:1 and 40:0. Unfortunately, he did not maintain a promising position, but it was fulfilled and he jumped again in the WTA rankings – to 130th position.

The four wins at Flushing Meadows clearly made Linda confident. Last week came the Chennai Open in India, where he made his latest and greatest breakthrough. She won her first WTA title when she defeated Magda Linette, 13 years her senior, in three sets in the final. It was an extraordinary match full of long trade-offs, and Linda had to turn things around after losing the first set.

He immediately jumped almost 60 places to 74th place in the world rankings. He was the youngest among the first hundred. That is also reflected in his bounty, he has already earned 385,000 dollars (nearly 10 million crowns).

During the game, he looks cool and focused, he doesn’t get flustered. He trains with his little sister Brenda when he can. The pair participated in a training session at French player Patrick Mouratoglou’s academy in Nice, who also coached Serena Williams or Stefanos Tsitsipas. Both of them have a good relationship with each other, they are very supportive of each other.

Linda started playing tennis at Sparta in Prague when she was three years old. Then she and her sister also did athletics, gymnastics, and skiing on the weekends. But they enjoyed tennis the most, so over time other sports had to be put aside.

Of course, Linda also studied. Business Academy in Prague 8. He speaks fluent English and also learns Spanish.

And the dream? “It would be great if we could win a medal at the Olympics or win a Grand Slam one day,” Linda said.