Everyone has long discovered that since Kregitskova won the French Open double, her shirt has not changed (just a strip of color, the style has never changed), and she has been dubbed the most environmentally friendly WTA player, perhaps her appearance and personality have not attracted the love of a large number of fans and sponsors. It sounded a little sad, I don't know what she herself thought. But for her, playing well is what she focuses on the most.
As the No. 4 seed in the 2022 Australian Open women's singles, the odds of winning the championship are not so high. For example, in the Australian Open top sixteen odds, Kregitskova is only 34.00, ranking eleventh, in front of Barty, Halep, Svatek, Bardoza, Sabalenka, Azarenka, Anisimova, Sakkari, Keith, Collins, which has almost no impact on her.
The efforts of the unpretentious, understated Czechs continue to be rewarded. She defeated Petkovic 6-2, 6-0 to advance to the second round of the Australian Open, the opponent was the Chinese little golden flower King Xiyu who had lost once, and was once favored by Chinese fans about Wang Xiyu's performance, but the Czech was no longer the Czech before, and is now a Grand Slam champion and the world's top ten, performing strongly, defeating the opponent 6-2, 6-3, H2H refreshed to 1:1. Then the Czechs and Ostapenko contributed to the French Open title battle.
Ostapenko won the first set, showing that her powerful playing style worked. However, Krejickova was very calm, adjusted her strategy in time, pulled back a set, and clenched every point in the french open champion in the decider, and finally the Czechs seized the key opportunity and defeated Ostapenko 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Kregitskova and Azarenka once again contributed to the Grand Slam title battle, and the result was somewhat unexpected. The performance of the two-time Australian Open champions in the first few rounds (first round: 6-3, 6-1, second round: 6-1, 6-2, third round: 6-0, 6-2) was optimistic to go further, but the Czech did not give a chance, and fell Azarenka in two 6-2 straight to advance to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. Obviously Kregitskova punched quite a few experts in the face.
As the winner of last year's WTA Best Progress Award, Kregitskova managed to reach the round of the last four Grand Slams in a row, highlighting her stability.
French Open 2021: Champions
Wimbledon 2021: Round of Sixteen
2021 US Open: Quarterfinals
Australian Open 2022: Quarterfinals (and keep going)
In her Czech career, she has a Record of 23 wins and 6 losses in Grand Slam singles, and before winning the French Open, she has only reached the main Grand Slam tournament four times, namely the first round of the 2018 French Open, the second round of the 2020 Australian Open, the round of sixteen of the 2020 French Open, and the second round of the 2021 Australian Open. She's a top player now, and not only that, but she's also outstanding in women's doubles, winning five women's doubles titles last year, including the French Open, Tokyo Olympics and WTA Year-End Finals.
You can dislike her, but her career is in its prime, and I wonder how far she can go this time. Her opponent in the next round is the violent player Keith, who won the pre-Australian Open warm-up title, defeated a lot of good players, in good shape, this will be an uphill battle, who will win? Then look at their performance. (Source: Tennis House Author: Stray Rabbit)