Australian Open 2020 news - Karolina Pliskova tested but overcomes Laura Siegemund in straight sets

ByEurosport

Updated 23/01/2020 at 09:02 GMT

Karolina Pliskova had to dig deep in the first set, but came out on top in a 6-3, 6-3 victory over unseeded German Laura Siegemund.

Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic celebrates after winning match point in her Women's Singles second round match against Laura Siegemund of Germany on day four of the 2020 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 23, 2020

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Siegemund went on the offensive early on and took a convincing 3-1 lead in the opening exchanges, only for the Czech to claw back five games in a row to take the set which lasted 43 minutes.

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And the second set was a far more straightforward affair for Pliskova as she dispatched an important break point in the fourth game to take a 3-1 lead, at the first time of asking, before holding her service games en route to victory.