{"id":412808,"date":"2025-09-10T09:41:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/412808\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T09:41:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:41:13","slug":"wta-player-who-has-reached-the-final-at-the-us-open-and-wimbledon-enters-event-in-portugal-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/412808\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA player who has reached the final at the US Open and Wimbledon enters event in Portugal next week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The US Open has been consigned to the history books for 2025 but the tennis calendar shows no sign of slowing down.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/aryna-sabalenka-makes-confident-prediction-about-amanda-anisimova-after-beating-her-in-the-us-open-final\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aryna Sabalenka sent a message to Amanda Anisimova<\/a> after beating her in Saturday\u2019s final, and those two players may well take a short break after their exploits. <\/p>\n<p>For other players, however, there are still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/wta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WTA<\/a> ranking points to play for and a number of tournaments are on the horizon that will be anticipated by a number of lower-ranked players. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/leylah-fernandez-sends-message-to-venus-williams-on-social-media-after-their-doubles-victory-at-the-us-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Venus Williams was praised by Leylah Fernandez<\/a> for her form in the women\u2019s doubles at the US Open and maybe star players making a return to the game is becoming the norm. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"657\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1240874443-1024x657.jpg\" alt=\"Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic talks to the media after defeating Tessah Andrianjafitrimo of France in her first round match on Day 3 at Roland Garros.\" class=\"wp-image-112178\" \/>Photo by Robert Prange\/Getty ImagesKarolina Pliskova signs up to play tournament in Portugal <\/p>\n<p>Pliskova has never actually officially announced her retirement from the tour, but last played a match in 2024. <\/p>\n<p>That came at the US Open, where she beat Mayar Sherif from Egypt before being forced to withdraw injured before a second-round clash with Jasmine Paolini. <\/p>\n<p>Now, Pliskova, renowned previously as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com\/news\/articles\/in-career-twilight-ace-queen-karolina-pliskova-still-quests-for-grand-slam-crown-at-us-open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018Ace Queen\u2019<\/a>, has entered the tournament in Portugal, which is considered a WTA 125 event. <\/p>\n<p>Pliskova has been given a wildcard for the event and will join Great Britain star Harriet Dart in the main draw of the tournament. <\/p>\n<p>Harmony Tan was praised earlier this year and she hopes to join Pliskova in the main draw at the event. <\/p>\n<p>Pliskova reached the Wimbledon final in 2021<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s quite remarkable that Pliskova dropped so far down the rankings despite reaching the Wimbledon showpiece match as recently as 2021. <\/p>\n<p>Ash Barty beat her on that day, but Pliskova overcame Sabalenka and Donna Vekic on her way to a second major final. <\/p>\n<p>Pliskova is currently ranked at number 125 in the world and a comeback does feel unlikely at 33-years-old. <\/p>\n<p>However, it\u2019s great to see her playing once again, and perhaps taking some confidence from playing a WTA 125 event will give her encouragement to play more frequently. <\/p>\n<p>Pliskova has won 17 career titles, and for a lowly event in Portugal, her presence should at the very least entice a few more spectators to the event. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The US Open has been consigned 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