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Karolina Pliskova continued her search for her top form following a recent right hand surgery as she recovered from a set down to defeat French wildcard Tessah Andrianjafitrimo 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 and reach the second round of the French Open.
Afterwards, Pliskova expressed her disapproval at the WTA’s decision to withdraw their ranking points from Wimbledon. Pliskova was last year’s runner up at Wimbledon, losing to Ash Barty. “I think it’s super tough and unfair and bad decision, that’s what I think,” Pliskova said. “But I suppose there’s not much you can do about it. I still want to go and compete there, that’s for sure, because I’m not playing because of the points, not even because of the money. I just, of course, I want to win and I want to succeed and I want to maybe get the trophy because I was quite close last year.”