Time flies, and the first quarter of 2022 is over. Entering April, the Pro Tour came to clay season.
This week, the 2022 WTA500 Charleston Open is in full swing. However, due to the influence of the weather, many matches were forced to be suspended.
On 7 April, when Abdul-Jabbar led 6-3 5-2, the match was postponed until the next day, and the match between Fernandez and Linette was postponed before it could start.
Of course, there are also earlier matches that have been successfully completed. For example, the tournament's top seed Sabalenka blasted seven Aces in the whole game, winning two straight sets 7-6 (3) 6-4 and successfully advancing; No. 2 seed Bardoza won 6-1 6-4 to advance to the round of 16.
In addition, former world number one Pliskova took 2 hours and 48 minutes to win her first win of the season after reversing Zavatska 5-7 7-5 6-4.
'It was a tough game, the opponents played really well and I'm really happy to be back here for the game.' Pliskova later said.
After the victory, the Czechs also held a signing party in Charleston to express their happiness.
This is a hard-won victory, mainly in two aspects:
First, it was Pliskova's first victory of 2022. At the beginning of the season, she missed the Australian season with a right hand injury. After choosing to return from Indian Wells, he suffered a round trip in the first match between Indian Wells and Miami, losing to 71st-ranked Kovinic 6-2 5-7 4-6 and losing 3-6 to world No. 84 Kalinskaya 3-6, respectively, without the first chance to return.
Second, the win was the 350th Tour win of Pliskova's career. Her total win-loss field is now 350-183, which includes Clay 66-41, Hardfield 241-122 and Meadow 43-20.
Pliskova was born on 21 March 1992 in Český, and at 186 she has a very good serve, a strong front-shot, and belongs to the bottom line strength type.
Previously, the Czechs' highest ranking was the world's no. 1, on July 17, 2017. Today, her ranking has fallen to No. 7 in the world.
To date, the Czech has won a total of 14 WTA singles titles in his career, including the first Super Five championship in Cincinnati in 2016 and the 2017 Brisbane Top Championship.
In terms of Grand Slam results, the best so far was to reach the women's singles final at the 2016 US Open, and eventually lost to Kerber as runner-up.
Now that Pliskova, who has returned from injury, is no longer a new generation of players in the new women's tennis world, can she still take off her uncrowned title? (Source: Tennis House Author: Wu Li Fun)