In-form Pliskova wins second title of the year in Qatar


  • Tennis
  • Sunday, 19 Feb 2017

Tennis - Qatar Open - Women's Singles - Final Match - Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic v Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark - Doha, Qatar - 18/2/2017 - Pliskova receives the trophy. REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari

(Reuters) - Karolina Pliskova stormed to her second WTA title of the year, beating Caroline Wozniacki 6-3 6-4 in the Qatar Open in Doha on Saturday.

The 24-year-old Czech, seeded number two, took just under an hour and 20 minutes to end the former world number one's hopes of a first success of 2017, breaking the Dane's serve in the opening game and rarely looking back.

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