AFP, BRISBANE, AustraliaKarolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic used all her big-match experience yesterday as she came from a set down to overhaul Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko and win the Brisbane International. The unseeded Tsurenko looked headed for the biggest win of her career when serving for the match at 5-4 in the second set, only for Pliskova to come storming back to win 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 and claim her second Brisbane title. Pliskova, the tournament’s fifth seed, started slowly and paid the penalty against Tsurenko, who was serving superbly and winning the battle from the baseline. Tsurenko took the first set in 38 minutes, firing 10 winners and making 81 percent of her first serves. The third set was all Pliskova as she broke Tsurenko twice to wrap up the final in 2 hours, 12 minutes.

Source: Taipei Times January 06, 2019 15:56 UTC