WTA Brisbane: Karolina Pliskova defends her title
Karolina Pliskova won the title at the WTA tournament in Brisbane for the third time. The Czech defeated Madison Keys 6-4 , 4-6 and 7-5 in the final.
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last edit: Jan 12, 2020, 07:54 am
2:07 hours for three sets - that suggests that in the Brisbane final there were two power players facing each other who were rather short on their rallies. And in the end it was Karolina Pliskova who won the first major title of the year. The Czech defeated Madison Keys from the USA 6: 4, 4: 6 and 7: 5 in the first clash and is one of the big favorites in the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, which started in eight days in Melbourne with the main field will start.
Pliskova and Keys had to go the full distance in the semifinals, the Czech had fended off a match ball from Naomi Osaka. Keys had won against Pliskova's compatriot Petra Kvitova. And as against Kvitova, Keys managed to turn a set and break gap in the endgame: After the 2: 3 in the second round, the American won four of the five following games. Keys also made up for a gap in the third set, but in the end Pliskova prevailed with her new coach due Olga Savchuk and Dani Vallverdu.
Barty loses with Bertens double final
The number one in the world, Ashleigh Barty, had started as a tournament favorite. However, the Australian lost to Jennifer Brady from the USA in her first encounter. And even in doubles it wasn't enough for Barty to win the tournament: On the side of Kiki Bertens, she lost the final against the number one pair Su-Wei Hsieh and Barbora Strycova with 6: 3, 6: 7 (7) and 8: 10th