Overview
- On a Czech tennis podcast, Karolina Pliskova said Marketa Vondrousova had “no chance” versus Karolina Muchova in Tokyo and retired because she “gave up.”
- Vondrousova responded on Instagram that players sometimes cannot continue when hurt and referenced her shoulder surgery and ongoing issues.
- Vondrousova retired after about 50 minutes in Tokyo with Muchova leading 6-2, 1-0, days after losing to her compatriot 6-4, 6-3 in Ningbo.
- In a separate Instagram post, Vondrousova said she is ending her season due to persistent pain and stressed the importance of getting fully healthy.
- Pliskova recently returned from ankle surgery in late September but is sidelined again after three matches, a backdrop to the public exchange between the Czech teammates who train at Stvanice.