Pliskova beats Serena Williams after saving 4 MPs and recovering from 1-5 in the 3rd

Incredible stuff at the Australian Open as Karolina Pliskova upsets Serena Williams after winning an impossible battle on Wednesday.

The match

This contest went through 3 different and very distinctive moments. In the 1st stint, the Czech looked to be in full control of the match after she was 1 set and 1 break up (6-4 3-2). Then (2nd stint) it was time for the American to storm back “Serena’s way” to win 9 of the following 11 games and grab what seemed to be an unassailable 4-6 6-4 5-1 lead.

The injury

Later (3rd stint) something incredible happened on Serena’s matchpoint while she was leading 40-30: the American got injured to her left ankle, and everything changed. Pliskova managed to break back (5-2), hold her following game (5-3), and break Serena at love (5-4). The Czech was in deep trouble soon after to save 2 consecutive match points when she was 15-40 and another one soon after before holding her serve (5-5). Again, Serena lost her serve at love (!!!) in the following game (5-6), and Pliskova managed to hold her serve to win one of the most memorable matches of her great career.

The final score was 6-4 4-6 7-5, and the match ended after 2 hours and 10 minutes.

H2H Karolina Pliskova vs. Naomi Osaka

Karolina will face Naomi Osaka in the semifinal. The head to head is 2-1 for Pliskova.

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