Pliskova wins the home title

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Karolina Pliskova had a tough, but successful week in Prague. The world no.14 has conquered her 4th career title in Prague after winning four 3 setters (3 of those coming from 1 set down) and a rough 2 setter in the semifinal.

In the final Karolina survived 17 aces from her compatriot and dear friend Lucia Hradecka to win 4-6 7-5 6-3. Match Stats.

Pliskova: It was tough playing a friend

Karolina commented “It was very tough to play a Czech girl in the final in front of a Czech crowd. Lucie and I are good friends, we practice a lot together at tournaments, and we played Fed Cup together twice, so we know each other pretty well. I didn’t want to beat her, but I had to!

I’m just happy she was playing really well in the first set. In the second set I was serving at 5-3 and I didn’t make it, so I’m happy I could win the second set in the end anyway. In the third set she was playing really fast and serving really well, so it was tough, and I was having some emotions.”

Next step Madrid, but after this run, we wonder how much fuel Pliskova will have in the tank.

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