Wimbledon Finalist Karolina Pliskova Stunned By Italy’s Camila Giorgi at Tokyo Olympics 2020

Published 07/27/2021, 4:28 AM EDT

During the third round of the Tokyo Olympics 2020, fans yet another upset in the match between Karolina Pliskova and World No.61 Camila Giorgi. The Wimbledon Championships 2021 runner-up suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Italian player, who thrashed her in straight sets and advanced to the quarters of the tournament.

The final scoreline of the match was 6-4, 6-2.

Set-1: Camila Giorgi Stuns Karolina Pliskova

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Pliskova began the set on a high as she won the first game quite easily. However, the Italian struck back in the next game and equalized the scoreline at 1-1. It was Giorgi who broke first in the third game and leading 1-2. However, Pliskova broke back to level the scoreline once again at 2-2.

Giorgi was in some incredible form and broke yet again in the fifth game. Thus, she established a 3-2 lead over Pliskova and didn’t allow her to break after that.

Camila Giorgi 🇮🇹se mete entre las ocho mejores de #Tokyo2020
La italiana ha derrotado a Karolina Pliskova 🇨🇿 en dos mangas por 6-4 6-2. En QF irá vs Elina Svitolina. pic.twitter.com/2wyqqwafls
— Tenis Central (@Tenis_Central) July 27, 2021

The one who served continued to win after this. As a result, Giorgi won the set 6-4, on her second set-point in 45 minutes.

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Set-2: Final nail in Pliskova’s coffin

Giorgi began from where she left in the second set. She broke in the very first game and won the subsequent game as well to establish a 2-0 lead over World No.7 Pliskova. Even though the Czech player tried to play some attacking tennis, she was not able to hit her shots properly. Thus, she never managed to make a comeback during the match.

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No seed is safe in Tokyo 👀#ITA Camila Giorgi sweeps past No.5 seed Karolina Pliskova 6-4 6-2 to set up a #Tokyo2020 QF clash with Elina Svitolina#Tennis | #Olympics pic.twitter.com/iFnAx6Shj1
— ITF (@ITFTennis) July 27, 2021

In the fifth game, Giorgi broke yet again and extended her margin to 4-1. She won the following game and was now just one game away from reaching the quarter-finals of the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

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She finished it off soon in the eighth game after conquering the set 6-2 in 31 minutes, and thus won the match in straight sets.

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Wimbledon Finalist Karolina Pliskova Stunned By Italy’s Camila Giorgi at Tokyo Olympics 2020

Set-1: Camila Giorgi Stuns Karolina Pliskova

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Set-2: Final nail in Pliskova’s coffin