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After a one year layoff because of an ankle injury from September 2024 to September 2025, Karolina Pliskova has reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time since 2023. She'll face ...

Karolína Plíšková is making a comeback, and the tennis world's former No. 1-ranked woman is at the Australian Open and doing it the hard way. Plíšková is coming off surgery on her left ankle following ...

Madison Keys continues her title defence at the 2026 Australian Open against Karolina Pliskova in the third round. Keys, the ninth seed, has been tested in her two matches so far. She needed a ...

MELBOURNE, Australia—Karolina Pliskova can handle a little pain. “Everyone’s used to it,” she told me at the Australian Open on Tuesday. A little pain was all the former No. 1 had heading into the ...

Seven opening round WTA Cluj-Napoca matches are scheduled for day with a former-world #1 amongst those headlining the action.

Defending champion Madison Keys moved into the last 16 of the Australian Open with a commanding 6-3, 6-3 win over Karolina ...

NEW YORK — A U.S. Open match between a pair of two-time Grand Slam finalists lasted only three points on Thursday, when former No. 1 Karolina Pliskova injured herself and had to stop playing against ...

In a remarkable comeback, Karolina Pliskova has reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time since 2023, after a year-long absence due to an ankle injury. She is set to face reigning ...

Utilizing advanced machine learning and data analysis, Stats Insider has simulated the outcome of the Pliskova vs. Stephens match 10,000 times. The results indicate that Sloane Stephens has a 66% ...

Former US Open champion Sloane Stephens will face former World No. 1 Karolina Pliskova in the first round of the Australian Open 2026. After briefly testing the waters towards the end of 2025, ...