Having come from a set down in her opening two matches, top seed Pliskova looked intent on avoiding this situation against Allertova, capitalizing on a string of early errors to break in the opening game.
She soon stretched this lead and after just 23 minutes was wrapping up the set with an ace down the T. When she carved out another break opportunity with a searing backhand passing shot at the start of the second, Allertova looked in under threat of being blown away.
However, the World No.103 survived this danger and despite failing to serve out the set at 5-3 eventually forced a decider. She was unable to build on this momentum, dropping her serve to love in the very next game. And Pliskova gratefully accepted this gift, breaking twice more to wrap up the contest, 6-2, 5-7, 6-1.
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