(Berlin) Canadian Bianca Andreescu gave Czech Karolina Pliskova a hard time on Wednesday in the round of 16 of the Berlin Open, but she eventually gave up.
Posted at 9:40 a.m.
Pliskova, seeded fourth, eventually defeated the 21-year-old Ontarian 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7) in 2 hours and 11 minutes to reach her second quarter-finals of the year.
Wimbledon runner-up last year, Pliskova had 12 aces against Andreescu and came back from a service break in the final set.
Andreescu, the 2019 U.S. Open champion, served for the match at 5-4 in the third set.
Not having lost a single point on serve so far in the set, everything fell apart for the Canadian. Andreescu, 69e world racket, committed three unforced errors and a double fault to allow Pliskova to level the odds at 5-5.
The 30-year-old Czech then prevailed in the tiebreaker, closing the books on her third match point.
Sixth-seeded Daria Kasatknia of Russia and No. 7 American Coco Gauff won their second- and first-round matches, respectively.