Pliskova fights back to reach round two

On Jun 29, 2021

Former world number one Karolina Pliskova battled back to defeat Slovenia’s Tamara Zidansek and reached the second round at Wimbledon yesterday.

Czech eighth seed Pliskova, 29, rescued the first set from 2-5 down against the French Open semi-finalist, winning the subsequent five games. She went on to claim a 7-5, 6-4 victory against world number 47 Zidansek, 23.

Currently ranked 13th in the world, 2016 US Open finalist Pliskova faces Croatia’s Donna Vekic next.

Vekic, 25, beat Russian Anastasia Potapova 6-1, 6-4 in her match. (BBC)