Karolina Pliskova: 'Winning Rome was like a miracle'
Karolina Pliskova defeated Johanna Konta in straight sets, 6-3 6-4, to win the Rome title. In a press conference, the Czech admitted she did not expect herself to win: "It feels great, especially nobody really gave me chance for this tournament", said Pliskova. "Even I think me. Before the tournament, I was not super confident, not thinking about the final at all. I was just happy with every match which I played. So it's a little bit like a miracle for me because of clay, this tournament, since I didn't play well here, and on clay, it's always tough. I played some good clay court girls. Of course, super happy."
"I think, of course, I didn't have that many matches on clay before, which is always the key for me to feel better, to feel more confident. When I'm winning, everything just going easy, I'm playing without thinking, which is the best. Yeah, so I was coming to this tournament just to get a couple of matches. Always I thought the tournament is quite slow here, so that's why I just felt like maybe there are not many chances for me. I know last year, Simona-Svitolina, all the good clay court girls with good clay court games. I thought it's going to be quite difficult to get through some matches. Yeah, quite a miracle for me that this happens."
"I have to go like this because otherwise there is no reason to go at all. If I go to lose, then you going to lose. I have to go with this mindset that my game is good on clay, too. I want to put 100% into it and to give myself a chance to go deep in the tournament. Of course, everything starts in the first round. You can have tough opponents. Doesn't mean that I won here that I have to go far in Paris. There are still seven matches, so it's two more than here. I think this was a good start."
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2w8D7kj
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