Pliskovas Learning On The Job - 網球 Tennis

http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/4012450/

奧地利似乎是Pliskova姊妹的福地，去年的Linz成為首對雙胞胎拿下雙打冠軍後，
上週又在Bad Gastein奪冠。她們很高興能在最不擅長的紅土也能有成績。

Karolina and Kristyna Pliskova may have been together for 22 years, but they
admit their partnership is still a work in progress.

Published July 17, 2014 12:12

Last October, WTA Rising Stars Karolina Pliskova and Kristyna Pliskova
created a slice of WTA history in Linz when they became the first twins - and
ninth siblings - to win a doubles title.

Since then, they have found further success harder to come by. However, all
that changed on the clay of Bad Gastein when they surprised a couple of seeds
- and themselves - to walk away with the title.

"We are really happy because we were losing all the time and because we won
on clay which is our worst surface," Kristyna said. "The weather was tricky
and the balls were heavy. But we managed the conditions and Karolina played
very well."

Despite their success in Austria, the sisters admit they still have much
learn if they are to fully master the art of doubles. Both Karolina (No.47)
and Kristyna (No.93) are inside the Top 100 in singles and believe that they
have the potential to climb the doubles ladder, too.

"We love doubles but we still play doubles as if it were singles. We need to
learn a lot," Karolina added. "We know we can play very well, we have a big
serve and we just need to learn how to play it properly. But for sure it
helps us with our singles!"

Perhaps the greatest obstacle standing between them and more silverware,
though, is on the same side of the net. The twins, now 22, have played
together since their junior days and admit that sibling tiffs can
occasionally accompany them on court.

"It is great playing together but sometimes it is really hard because we
fight a lot and we get pissed at each other," Karolina added. "But we are
getting better and not fighting so much anymore. We know that if we don′t
fight we play much better. We just have to stop fighting!"

Squabbling aside, the Pliskovas, whose partnership has been broken up a
couple of times by scheduling conflicts, are happiest alongside each other.

"The only time we don't play together is when we are not together at the
tournaments and we want to play doubles then we play with other partners,"
Kristyna said. "But it's not the same because with the other we don't feel
comfortable.

"If we miss a ball we keep saying sorry. We were scared at the beginning to
play with other partners. The truth is that the connection that we have with
each other does not exist with anyone else."

因為賽程不同的關係，有時得搭其他選手，剛開始的時候因為不熟，失誤都得一直說抱歉
所以她們還是比較喜歡一起打雙打，儘管會常常吵嘴。

就單打的成績來說，妹妹(右手的)Karolina比較好，已經打進過三個WTA決賽，拿過
一個冠軍，Kristyna在WTA等級目前就還沒有什麼太大突破。

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