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Karolina Pliskova underlined why she is the bookmakers favourite to win Wimbledon as the world number three crushed Evgeniya Rodina 6-1, 6-4 in the first round on Tuesday. Czech Republic's Karolina ...

MELBOURNE, Australia—Karolina Pliskova can handle a little pain. “Everyone’s used to it,” she told me at the Australian Open on Tuesday. A little pain was all the former No. 1 had heading into the ...

Pliskova was runner-up to Simona Halep 12 months ago, but exited at the first hurdle on this occasion as Vandeweghe – who also won when the players met at Wimbledon last year – kicked on after edging ...