French Open 2020: Battling Karolina Pliskova to face former champion Ostapenko in Round 2

Karolina Pliskova, the No2 seed at this year’s unseasonably late French Open, was certainly expected to follow her fellow former No1s Simona Halep, Serena Williams, Garbine Muguruza and Victoria Azarenka into the second round. The question was, would she do it as easily as top seed Halep and unseeded Azarenka—who dropped only four and three […]