She zipped through the first set, whipping a crosscourt return into the corner to wrap it up in 27 minutes. “My feeling was my timing was a little bit off,” Pliskova said, adding the court felt slower than she expected. The last woman to win at Eastbourne and Wimbledon in the same year was Pliskova’s late compatriot Jana Novotna in 1998. Pliskova said Court Two’s surface was different from the practice court nearby and from Eastbourne. The Czech has fine grasscourt credentials having won Eastbourne twice and Nottingham once and having now racked up 27 grasscourt victories over the last four years.

Source: Hindustan Times July 01, 2019 15:33 UTC