PETE ZIEBRON
Camila Giorgi defeated Karolina Pliskova for the third time in less than two months to win the biggest title of her career yesterday in Montreal. Ironically each win has come on a different continent: in Europe (England) at Eastbourne at the end of June, in Asia at the Tokyo Olympics a few weeks ago and in North America at the Montreal Final.
Camila Giorgi, the new Champion of Montreal. Pete Ziebron Images
The Italian has a go-for-broke game plan which often results in excessive double faults. That said, it is refreshing to see a WTA player absolutely go for it on a second serve - think of a Fernando Gonzalez style of play. Following her quarterfinal win in Montreal over Cori Gauff, Giorgi was asked if she were playing the best tennis of her career at the moment. She replied with:
"I think is the first time I don't have, like, interruption. I have consistent. I play many, many tournaments now in this year without stopping. So I think this is the key. I didn't have in other years. I think I always had some issue physically or, like, injury or something. So I think now I'm playing my game really."
Following her win in Canada, Giorgi is scheduled to meet Jessica Pegula of the United State in her opening round match in Cincinnati. This will be their second meeting in four days, as Giorgi defeated the American in the Montreal semifinals on Saturday 6-3 3-6 6-1. In that match, Giorgi hit nine double faults, after not hitting one against Gauff in the quarterfinals.
Camila Giorgi plays pedal to the metal tennis - Cincinnati, enjoy the rematch on Tuesday!
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