Magda Linette (45th WTA) fantastically defends the honor of Polish tennis players at the Australian Open. In the fourth round, the Polish woman defeated one of the favorites, the French Caroline Garcia (4th WTA). . She will face another seeded player in the quarterfinals.
Linette already knows her opponent in the fight for the semi-finals of the Australian Open
Linette’s rival in the semi-final fight will be Karolina Pliskova (31st WTA). The Czech woman did not lose even a set on her way to the quarter-finals. She fought the most balanced match in the third round, defeating the Russian Varvara Graczewa (97th WTA) 6:4, 6:2. In the remaining matches, the rivals did not have much to say and were able to win a maximum of five games.
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Pliskova will have a chance to match her career best Australian Open score against Linette. In 2019, the former leader of the ranking reached the semi-finals. Three years earlier (2016) she played in the final of the US Open, and in 2021 in the final of Wimbledon. She also has a semi-final at Roland Garros, but has never won a tournament of this magnitude. Her record of matches in Grand Slam tournaments is 82 wins and 40 losses.
This will be the ninth official match between the two players. A much better record can be claimed by the Czech, who won six matches. In the last clash, however, Linette was on top. The ladies faced off in November 2022 during the Billie Jean King Cup. The Polish woman won 6:4, 6:1. Earlier, the players fought a three-set battle at the US Open, in which the Polish tennis player also had a chance to defeat her rival. The fate of the meeting was decided by a super tie-break, in which Pliskova turned out to be slightly better.
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