Giorgi powers to Montreal title with Pliskova shock

• What happened: The unseeded Camila Giorgi won the biggest title of her career.
• You will also learn: Giorgi’s impressive track record against Pliskova so far this year.
• Why you should read this story: Both players now rise up the rankings with their campaigns in Montreal.

Camila Giorgi pulled off a shock win to lift the Omnium Banque Nationale title, defeating former world No 1 Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 7-5, in her first ever WTA 1000 final.

Giorgi had two wins over Pliskova already in 2021 – once in Eastbourne and once in the Tokyo Olympic Games – but neither was in a tour final, and the tournament’s fourth seed was the heavy favourite going into the match.

Giorgi got the early break to move 4-3 ahead and consolidated it to take the first set.

And Pliskova’s usually reliable serve began to let her down, with two double-faults helping the Italian to break and take a 3-1 lead in the second set.

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The Czech broke back immediately to get things back on serve, but Giorgi played with intensity and power, forcing her opponent far behind the baseline.

And another double-fault from Pliskova handed Giorgi the opportunity she needed to wrap up the match.

Giorgi’s previous best performance in Canada was in 2016, when she reached the second round as a qualifier, and she was the first Italian woman to reach the singles final in Canada, having gone one better than former semi-finalist Sara Errani, who lost to Simona Halep in the last four back in 2015.

Pliskova already knew she would now return to the Top 5 in the rankings for the first time in 18 months – and now Giorgi moves back into the Top 35 for the first time in over two years with this title.