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TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN – Kristyna Pliskova won her first WTA International title here, having won the WTA $125k the week before last year – can she continue to kick on?
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Tournament Fast Facts
Level | WTA International |
Surface | Hard (O) |
Singles Draw | 32 |
Doubles Draw | 16 |
Prize Money | $226,750 |
Top seeds | Kristyna Pliskova [1]
Timea Babos [2] Tatjana Maria [3] Irina-Camelia Begu [4] Marketa Vondrousova [5] Aleksandra Krunic [6] Nao Hibino [7] Ekaterina Alexandrova [8] |
Top Half | Kristyna Pliskova [1]
Nao Hibino [7] Irina-Camelia Begu [4] Aleksandra Krunic [6] |
Bottom Half | Ekaterina Alesnadrova [8]
Tatjana Maria [3] Marketa Vondrousova [5] Timea Babos [2] |
Draw & Results
Tournament Website |
Order of Play |
Singles |
Doubles |
Qualifying |
[1] Kristyna Pliskova
While her twin is playing in Wuhan, the other Pliskova returns to defend her title in Tashkent. Last year it marked a spur of solid performances at the end of the year, first winning the WTA $125k in Dalian and backing it up with a tour level title here in Tashkent.
Her forays in Tokyo (international) and Seoul were both pretty short-lived so she will be hoping that a return to Europe will reap better rewards.
[2] Timea Babos
Babos started the post US Open swing well with a run to the final in Quebec City, but has only played here once before in 2013, and did not make it past the first round.
[3] Tatjana Maria
With a fair mix of ITF and tour level events, the German makes her debut in Tashkent, looking for a few wins after making the semi-finals in Quebec. And she has not had back to back wins in a main draw since winning the title in Bucharest in July.
[4] Irina-Camelia Begu
It has been a bit of a backwards slide for the Romanian since hitting a career high last year of No. 22. Her best results this year have been on the clay
The Tashkent Open takes place between 25-30 September.
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