3 in singles and is the first player since another fellow Czech, Karolina Pliskova in 2016, to qualify for the WTA Finals in singles and doubles. 1 in doubles with her countrywoman Katerina Siniakova. Three years ago, Krejcikova was ranked outside the world’s Top 200 in singles, but reached No. That I wanted to be in the same locker room as the superstars and play against them someday.” “I only realized later, when I was 16 or 17 and playing junior slams, that this was something that I would love to do. “I always loved tennis, always wanted to play, but only played for fun,” Krejcikova said in a video conversation last month. She did once, however, after winning a local junior tournament, receive an Andre Agassi promotional poster, but does not remember what she did with it. She did not wallpaper her bedroom with posters of great Czech players, hit balls against a wall late at night while pretending she was playing match point at Wimbledon or spend hours as a 7-year-old working out in the gym.

Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic never dreamed of a pro tennis career.

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