Former world No. 1 Karolina Pliskova has endured a grueling year battling serious injuries, but she’s finally back on court, competing at the Full Protein Caldas da Rainha Ladies Open, a WTA 125 event in Portugal.
The 2024 season had started on a high note for Pliskova. She lifted her first trophy in four years at Cluj-Napoca, then went on to reach the final in Nottingham on grass. But just weeks later, disaster struck. At the US Open, her second-round match against Italy’s Jasmine Paolini ended after only two minutes.