Karolina Pliskova vs. Anastasia Potapova | 2026 Madrid Quarterfinals | WTA Match Highlights

Okay, she's in a good place. She's such a formidable figure at the net. A good start of the season for Karolina who's 34, mind you. There's that almost effortless forehand. Job done in the opening set and remarkably quickly too. Just over 20 minutes is all it's taken to strike first for the loss of just one game. Another one finds the lines. She's been deadly accurate so far. Sensational. That felt so risky especially because I felt that she hit. She's made it. The problem she's got is that Karolina Pliskova is warming to the task here almost with every point. Oh my goodness. Shot off the line. Both painted lines. Bullseye. What a finish and the emotion pours out now. What a week Anastasia Batapova is having in Madrid. The lucky loser into a first WTA 1000 semi-final and that was a roller coaster. She might have won in the second set. Maybe she should have done against the former world number one but the important thing is she found a way and it catapults her into the last four. She cannot believe it. Overwhelmed by everything that's just happened but we'll see her again in Madrid.