Five things on French Open finalist Karolina Muchova
Tennis – French Open – Roland Garros, Paris, France – June 8, 2023 Czech Republic’s Karolina Muchova celebrates profitable her semi last match towards Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Karolina Muchova got here from 2-5 down within the last set and saved a match level to defeat world quantity two Aryna Sabalenka 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (5/7), 7-5 within the French Open semifinals on Thursday.
AFP Sport seems at 5 issues to know concerning the 26-year-old world quantity 43 who can be enjoying in her first Grand Slam last towards Iga Swiatek on Saturday at Roland Garros.
Twists and turns at each nook 👀
Compensate for the Highlights of the Day by @emirates from Karolina Muchova’s thrilling semifinal win over world No.2 Aryna Sabalenka.#FlyBetter #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/ocCeEzWWnK
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Soccer household
Muchova’s father Josef Mucha is a former top-flight footballer and performed as a midfielder with Sigma Olomouc and FC Zlin. He’s presently assistant coach at FC Slovacko, who completed fifth within the Czech prime flight final season.
Muchova’s brother Filip Mucha can be a footballer — a goalkeeper enjoying for FK Teplice, who completed twelfth final season within the Czech first division.
Beyonce fan
Earlier than the French Open, she and her good buddy Karolina Pliskova, a former world primary, went to a Beyonce live performance.
“Top-of-the-line live shows I’ve ever been to — and I am going very often,” she mentioned. “I went to see Shawn Mendes earlier than the US Open and the Backstreet Boys earlier than Wimbledon and I all the time performed nicely after that.”
Strings hooked up
Muchova performs the guitar. On the US Open in 2020, which was performed underneath tight COVID-19 restrictions, she composed a tune referred to as US Open Bubble about her Covid-hit life there. She recorded a video at Flushing Meadows and revealed it on her Instagram.
Harm setbacks
Muchova has been affected by accidents for a lot of her profession, grappling principally together with her stomach muscle tissues. “When she’s wholesome, she belongs within the High 10,” says her supervisor Tomas Petera.
Tea and e-book
Whereas in Paris for the French Open, she needed to overcome a light chilly. She used a time off final Saturday to relaxation and drink plenty of tea whereas studying — she mentioned she appreciated “esoteric and academic” literature.
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