WTA Montreal: Camila Giorgi beats Karolina Pliskova and sensationally wins the title
Camila Giorgi won the biggest title of her career in Montreal. The world rankings-71. sensationally defeated Karolina Pliskova 6: 3 and 7: 5 on Sunday evening.
by Michael Rothschädl
last edit:
Aug 15, 2021, 09:28 pm
Karolina Pliskova, undoubtedly the big favorite in this final, made a somewhat slow start and had to defuse two breakballs from her Italian opponent early on. The Czech did it with flying colors, however, Pliskova was able to present in the first set. Up to the score of 3: 3, then the Italian Giorgi grabbed the first break of the game after the game at 40:15 had already looked like a clear affair in favor of the favorite.
A first break in this match, because Giorgi subsequently made her serve easily and with a score of 5: 3 had the luxury of being able to test Karolina Pliskova once. With success: the Czech stumbled violently, after her third double mistake there were two set balls for the Italian. A little later, Giorgi set 6: 3 to 1: 0 sets.
Giorgi breaks to the match
The world number 71 was also in the second set. initially the better and more active player on the field - the Italian also secured the break in the second set, pulling away to 3: 1. The number four of the tournament, Karolina Pliskova, did not want to put on this, but by return of post the Czech got her first break of the game and made it 3: 3. Both players held their serve up to the score of 6: 5 for Giorgi. Then the favorite wobbled one more time, so she had to accept the break and the loss of the match.
The world rankings-71. In the end, Giorgi won 6: 3 and 7: 5. For the 29-year-old, it is by far the greatest success of her career. The 29-year-old had only been able to win a title twice on the WTA tour, in Montreal it worked for number 71 in the WTA charts at WTA 1000 level.