WTA FINALS: LO QUE DIJO KAROLINA PLISKOVA

WTA Finals

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Guadalajara, Mexico

Karolina Pliskova

Press Conference

  1. PLISKOVA/G. Muguruza

4-6, 6-2, 7-6

THE MODERATOR: Karolina, would you start us off and

talk us through the match and how you feel about your

performance.

KAROLINA PLISKOVA: I thought first set was not the best

from me. Lately I just improve my game a bit. Of course,

the serve was amazing in the second set, many free points

on the first serve. Then, of course, it was a fighting third

set, about a couple points. Of course a bit lucky.

I thought I just had too many chances, didn’t make it really,

but happy it went my way in the end.

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

  1. As the match was progressing, you said you

weren’t playing as well as you liked the first set, what

adjustments did you make mainly in the second set?

Looked like you started returning better.

KAROLINA PLISKOVA: Yeah, exactly. I actually think I

started the match quite okay, not like feeling amazing. But

with 2-0, losing two of my service games in a row, I think

that’s like huge mistake. One can happen, but two I think

is too much. She just make sure I don’t really get another

chance to break her.

Still, I mean, it was 4-6. It was pretty close the first set. I

was not feeling the best. But then I just went for it a bit

more. I thought I was, like, a bit too passive in the first set

and still making mistakes. I said, okay, just go for it a bit

more. If I’m still making mistakes, at least I will have some

winners. Especially the second serve, I wanted to put like

really pressure on it. It paid off. I think I really played good

that second set.

The third, half it was good, then it was back to the old

game. Of course, also a bit nervous by the end. You don’t

always play what you should play. But happy that I pulled

through.

  1. You said yesterday you don’t want to talk about

how you’re playing in practice, that you always play

better in matches. Did you surprise yourself in terms

of how well you were able to hit your level today?

KAROLINA PLISKOVA: Yeah, I mean, actually yes.

Especially the second and third set I thought was actually

quite good tennis for how I was feeling in the practice.

That was not even half of it, believe me, in the practice.

Also my behaving was horrible, which I thought tonight was

actually quite, like, positive. Not all the things went really

my way, and not everything was amazing. I just thought

the attitude was quite good from myself, which was really

not in the practice. It was really big depression (laughter).

Yeah, this is positive thing. Hopefully I can keep that.

  1. How much of a difference does it make, given your

experience in the Finals, different situations, of

starting the round-robin with a win? How much does

that change the pressure of the group stage for you?

KAROLINA PLISKOVA: Honestly I think it’s huge because,

of course, like you can relax a bit more. It’s not like you

can lose the next match. Of course, nobody wants to lose

any match. But it’s like, okay, you have at least that one

win, there’s not such a pressure that you need to win every

other match.

If I just lose this match tonight, I think I’m gone because it

was big, like having couple match points, breakpoints

there, I was so close to making it even before the tiebreak.

Then, of course, I was quite close to also losing it. This

match, for me, I mean, even if you lose, what else can you

do? You still have to come the next day and play again.

I think it’s huge. Of course, the experience… We both

played already, so it was actually tough start because I

think some of the girls, they can be nervous in the first

match, but we both played. I think we had that experience

from playing WTA Finals, but also the record which I had

against her, also playing her at the Finals, quite helped me.

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