Tennis - WTA Premier - Eastbourne International - Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, Britain - June 24, 2019 Czech Republic's Karolina Pliskova celebrates after winning her second round match against Russia's Margarita Gasparyan Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge
EASTBOURNE (Reuters) - Second seed Karolina Pliskova was just happy not to have her twin sister on the other side of the net as she made a winning start at the Eastbourne championships on Monday.
The former world number one, given a bye in the opening round, booked her spot in the last 16 with a straightforward 6-3 6-3 defeat of Margarita Gasparyan on the Devonshire Park grass.
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