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Barty bounces back to deny Pliskova in Stuttgart quarters – WTA Tennis
Top seed Ashleigh Barty was two points from a loss to Karolina Pliskova on five occasions, but came from a break down in the final set to reach the Porsche Tennis…
No.1 seed Ashleigh Barty came back from the brink to reach her third semifinal of 2021 at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, winning the last four games to defeat No.6 seed Karolina Pliskova 2-6, 6-1, 7-5.
In Barty’s first tournament on red clay since winning Roland Garros 2019, the Australian was two points from defeat five times as Pliskova served for the match at 5-4 in the decider. However, she pulled off a superb recovery to cap a contest that had been full of tactical twists and turns, improving…
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