will take home her first Shot of the Year Crown. Linette hit shots so nice she was nominated twice on the final shortlist, also putting away an impeccable backhand at the Top Seed Open presented by ...

Linette said she is backing herself in the quarter-final against another seed, former world number one Karolina Pliskova, if she can control her emotions. "It's very difficult.

Turning point: Linette trailed 3-0, down a double break, as well as 4-2 and 5-3 in the opening set before turning the match around in 1 hour, 57 minutes. "I knew I had to serve really well," Linette ...

Frech, 26, started the season by reaching the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time at the Australian Open, and continued to break new ground this week by making her first tour-level final.