In the first game of the Teotihuacán group, Karolina Pliskova defeated Barbora Krejcikova by 0-6, 6-4 and 6-4. Therefore, Garbiñe Muguruza is obliged to win next (from 02:30) to the fiery Anett Kontaveit (12 wins in a row) to be in the semifinals. If he did, he would pass as second in any case (two or three sets), so he would face Paula Badosa.
In the Czech duel, the Roland Garros champion was oriented towards victory, after endorsing a donut in the first set to Pliskova and serving to get 5-3 in the second … when she delivered a break with three double faults so that the most veteran tennis player of the Masters (29 years old) would equal it. Krejcikova, who unlike Pliskova (also Muguruza and Badosa) did play in the Fed Cup final last week in Prague, got bogged down and Pliskova didn’t miss the chance to stay alive at the Masters.