Linette covered her face with a towel. Extraordinary scenes. “I don’t know what happened” [WIDEO]

Magda Linette has done the impossible again. A Polish player who played in the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, . In the post-match interview, the Poznanian was clearly moved, which she tried to hide with a towel. She will play Karolina Pliskova in the semi-finals. The Czech has not lost a set in Melbourne yet.

An important return to the match in the first set

– I can not believe it. I don’t know what happened… Linette answered the question about her first Grand Slam quarterfinal. First she covered her face, and then a wide smile appeared on her face. “I won’t say it’s unexpected because I went out on court with confidence. I knew how difficult it was to play against Caroline, especially on a big stage. The most important thing is that in this first set I was able to rebuild myself – admitted the Polish woman.

The world’s 45th rocket got off to a bad start in this encounter. She quickly lost her serve twice and it became 0:3. This, however, did not break Linette, who did not write off the first batch. She led to a draw at the last moment of the set, with the score 5:4 and the Frenchwoman’s service. In the tie-break, the Pole was on top. The second set was completely different. There were few breakpoints, and the tennis players jointly won their service games. Till 4-4 when Linette broke Garcia. After that, all she had to do was close the game.

“Service was the key”

It was the website that the 30-year-old pointed to when asking about the key to victory. I knew I had to serve well. I also felt that its quality is good. At the beginning of the match I had a bit of trouble with that because Garcia punished me for poor serves with good returns. I had to be very focused, stabilized in my service games. It was necessary to react well and quickly to returns – admitted the Polish woman.

Linette’s best result so far in Melbourne was round four. The Polish woman admitted that no special way of preparation led to the quarter-finals. The 45th rocket of the world even stated that she worked less than more in Australia. She also praised the work with her staff. The last question concerned Agnieszka Radwańska, who was in Magda Linette’s box during the match with Garcia.

The former runner-up in the ranking had direct contact with the tennis player during the United Cup, during which she supported the Polish national team. – I have many great people in my box, there is also £ukasz Kubot. Agnieszka and Łukasz are people I admired, they were an inspiration to me and I am glad that now they support me. It’s a great feeling,’ concluded Linette.