Last Updated on November 12, 2019
The eighth racket of the world, Czech Karolina Pliskova, in three sets, defeated Kazakhstan representative Yuliya Putintseva, who occupies the 44th line of the WTA rating, with a score of 4/6, 6/3, 6/4 in the first round of the Brisbane tournament. Tennis players spent on the court 2 hours and 17 minutes. During this time, 26-year-old Pliskova completed 11 aces, twice made a mistake when serving and sold four break points, and 23-year-old Putintseva filed four times, made two double mistakes and made three breaks. Now the score in the personal meetings was 3: 1 in favor of the Czech. The next competitor Pliskova will be either the Australian Samantha Stosur, or the Czech Marie Buzkova.