Even Karolina Pliskova, who jostled, did not fold. In her first semi-final on London soil, the world number 13 responded by eliminating on Thursday July 8 Aryna Sabalenka in three sets (5-7, 6-4, 6-4) and 1 hour 53 of play. However, the Czechs were surprised in the first set, due to a missed error at the end of the entire round before catching up in the next two sets. Sabalenka, without a solution in his opponent’s service matches, did not keep up with the pace that Pliskova imposed. The Czech joins Ashleigh Barty in the Wimbledon final.
Karolina Pliskova lost just one match of serving at the meeting… enough to sink into complete doubt. The Czech led five to six matches, and had the opportunity in his service to return to score 6-6. Except that the world number 13 is going to crack completely, offering a definite point for Sabalenka. The tour will give you even a double mistake.
anger. Because before that, Pliskova had at least eight break points in the first set, all saved by his opponent who won his break point and only the break point in the round.
Despite such a strong blow to the head, the Czech showed tremendous strength of character. Rusted out again on her serve, this time, she didn’t have an air gap and won all service games for the remainder of the game. In total, Karolina Pliskova lost only 21 points on her serve, as solid on her first serve (77% of points earned) as on her second (69%).
More of this in the final please, Tweet embed #wimbledon pic.twitter.com/FzPIpcCFDz
– Wimbledon (@wimbledon) July 8, 2021
As a sign, Pliskova folded the encounter on Ace, her thirteenth day of the night, and offered the right to face Ashleigh Barty in the Wimbledon final on Saturday, July 10. At 29, the Czech is only one win away from her first Grand Slam title. Revenge for a very difficult season with early eliminations at the Australian Open and Roland Garros. “I’m in the final, it’s unbelievable, until now I haven’t made it to the fourth round at Wimbledon”, She said after the final. “It’s been a tough season, but my team has been very positive with me, and it gives me strength and confidence. There were some frustrations when I lost in the first round this season, but today ‘huh we are rewarded'”.
Sweet Carolina.Tweet embed Comes from the bottom set to reach #wimbledon Final for the first time after beating Aryna Sabalenka 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 pic.twitter.com/xCPFfAXL7V
– Wimbledon (@wimbledon) July 8, 2021
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