Karolina Pliskova, who has clinched a spot in the semifinals of the WTA Finals, says the surface at the tournament is helping her even though it is playing slow.
Pliskova lost, 3-6, 1-6, to Jelena Ostapenko on Thursday, but she is still moving on regardless.
“I think this surface is making quite big difference with the serves, because even though I don't hit great first serve, I still can have a point from it, which on some surfaces, when it slides really into the hand, I can have a good return back, which is not happening here, so I have quite lot of points from the first serve and also few aces,” she said. “But I feel the serve, the motion, quite okay this week. Even the second serve, I feel like it's working here, so I'm trying to always mix it a little bit.”
