Karolina Pliskova defeated her compatriot Martinsova and is in the eighth round

On Friday, there was only one match with a Czech cast on the Wimbledon schedule. It was a duel between Karolina Pliskova and Tereza Martincova. The paper favourite of the match confirmed her role on the court and she is waiting for the eighth round.

The match was very even from the very beginning. The opening three games always had to go through a tie and Karolina Pliskova managed to take advantage of one opportunity. The tournament’s number eight started to play the role of a paper favourite.

Even in the coming games, it was a balanced match that offered a large number of winning shots. The native of Louny scored thirteen of them in the first six games.

And that was one of the reasons why she was able to enjoy the first set (6::3), which lasted less than an hour. Tereza Martincova experienced what it was like to lose for the first time in the tournament.

In the second set the players were very confident on their serve. In the fifth game, however, Tereza Martincova got four break point chances, but she failed to capitalize on any of them.

This was quite possibly the turning point of the whole encounter. The 87th player of the WTA rankings lost her serve afterwards, to which she was unable to react. The second set ended with the

The players spent 98 minutes on court, which was the longest match for Karolina Pliskova in the tournament so far. She will have plenty of time to rest, however, as her eight-final opponent will emerge from the afternoon match between Samsonova and Stephens.

Source: Livesport