Tennis, Camila Giorgi wins in Montreal by beating Karolina Pliskova in the final

It takes Camila Giorgi a while to understand what she has done. At the beginning she is very cold on the hot concrete in Montreal, where she beat Karolina Pliskova to take the most important victory of her career. But when he approaches the microphone to recount his triumph, he is almost in tears. “It was an incredible week. I am very happy to have won right here, in front of these wonderful fans”, says the 29-year-old Italian, number 34 in the world tomorrow (at the beginning of the tournament she was 71).

triumph

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Camila’s march in Montreal was a triumphal march, closed with a 6-3 7-5 in an hour and 42 ‘against the Czech, number 6 in the world. Giorgi in the whole tournament has yielded only one set, in the semifinals against Jessica Pegula. For the rest, a clear path, which brings her back to the top 50 in the world and confirms her extraordinary moment, in a summer as a protagonist also passing through the Tokyo Olympics, where she had beaten Pliskova in the second round before stopping in the quarterfinals against Svitolina.

Giorgi controlled the final with his forehand shots, he never showed any moments of failure, not even in the second set when he gave Pliskova the only break point. He took advantage of the opportunities, he used the power of the serve when he had the opportunity, he put the opponent in difficulty as and when he could. And she has earned her third career victory, which transforms her into the second Italian in history to win a WTA 1000 tournament. “I wanted to thank everyone for the incredible week – she says with the trophy in hand -. I am very happy to win here, my first title here. Thanks to my father, my mother and those who support me ”.

The match

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Giorgi breaks the serve in the seventh game, recovering from 40-15 and sending the opponent into a tailspin even on a psychological level, who has not yet managed to win a tournament since the return after the lockdown. Camila closes the score at 6-3 in the first set, again snatching the serve from Pliskova, who also yields in the fourth game of the second set for the 3-1 Giorgi. The match seems downhill at that point, but the Czech reacts by immediately taking the counterbreak. Camila goes to 6-5 and Pliskova serves to stay in the match, but the blue is extraordinary and escapes at 15-40, building two match points. The former wastes it by sending a forehand on the net, but the latter is the good one to give yourself a triumph.