After top-ranked Ash Barty of Australia opted not to defend the title because of travel restrictions in her country, Kontaveit edged out Ons Jabeur for the last spot in the season-ending championship by beating Simona Halep in the final of the Transylvania Open. Since then, Kontaveit has soared from No. 20, started working with Kontaveit at the Cincinnati Masters, where the 25-year-old Estonian lost in the first round. I managed to win Cleveland, then it just sort of started rolling from there." "During the summer I was on a bit of a losing streak, then I started working with Dmitry and was really hoping to get a few wins. "I've been in sort of top 30 for a lot of years," Kontaveit said. Kontaveit has won 27 of her last 29 matches, which include her title run at Ostrava where she beat Paula Badosa and Maria Sakkari, both of whom are competing here. The third set lasted more than an hour, with Muguruza saving three match points to force a tiebreaker, and another in the tiebreaker before Pliskova sealed the win.Įarlier, Anett Kontaveit extended her hot streak to 11 consecutive victories with a 6-3, 6-4 win over second-seeded Barbora Krejcikova. Pliskova settled down in the second and got service breaks in the second and eighth games to level the match. Muguruza dropped serve before winning four straight games to take a 4-2 lead and eventually clinched the first set in 38 minutes. "I'm happy with my fighting spirit even though I lost."
It was a one-point difference - I saved many match points and is a tough loss I fought as hard as I could," Muguruza said. "That was a very tough match for both of us. Pliskova now has a 9-2 record against former Wimbledon and French Open champion Muguruza, who won the Chicago and Dubai titles this year and is making her fourth appearance at the season-ending event. She didn't win any titles in 2021 but kept a high ranking by reaching the finals at Wimbledon and Montreal and the semifinals at Cincinnati. Pliskova is playing the WTA Finals for the fifth time, having reached the semifinals in 2018 and '19. I thought I just had too many chances, didn't make it really, but happy it went my way in the end."
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The serve was amazing in the second set, many free points on the first serve," Pliskova said. 1-ranked players, the third-seeded Pliskova struggled early adjusting to the nearly 5,000-feet altitude of Guadalajara, Mexico's second largest city. GUADALAJARA, Mexico - Karolina Pliskova overcame a slow start before beating Garbine Muguruza 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6) on Wednesday in her opening match at the WTA Finals.
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