Karolína Plíšková

In her 30th Grand Slam main draw, 30-year-old Magda Linette upset her fourth consecutive seeded player, Karolina Pliskova, to reach the final four at a ...

Linette opened the 3-2 game by following a backhand slice with a winning drop shot, and she broke Pliskova at love from there. Linette grabbed her opportunity, converting her first match point at 6-5 for another huge upset. On the upswing: Pliskova came into the quarterfinal clash with a 7-2 head-to-head lead on Linette, but the Pole had rattled Pliskova in their last two meetings. Breakthrough performance: Before this event, 30-year-old Linette had never progressed beyond the third round of a major, and she had lost in that round six times. Pliskova, on the other hand, was undone by 36 unforced errors in the clash. Pliskova became Linette’s fourth consecutive seeded victim of the fortnight.