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Watch: Pliskova on Positive Perspective

Winning isn't easy and losing is much tougher.

Karolina Pliskova's positive approach to the emotional ups and downs of life on the pro ciruit has been a key to producing the best season of her career.

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The only woman to qualify for the WTA Finals in both singles and doubles, Pliskova's run came to a close today. Agnieszka Radwanska swept Pliskova for the seventh straight time, 7-5, 6-3, sewing up the final semifinal spot in Singapore.

The US Open finalist copes with losses by learning what she can from them and moving forward.

"Every match is different. If you lose a close match from match point it's tough to take it especially if you have to continue in the tournament like here," Pliskova said. "With me, it just takes maybe that evening and the next day I'm always fine. So it doesn't take long."

Pliskova wasn't about to throw herself a pity party after today's defeat.

"Normally, I'm not that sad. I'm actually not even now that sad," Pliskova said with a smile. "I'm always trying to take the positive out of everything. Sometimes it's obviously tough, but there are worst things in life than losing a tennis match."

The world No. 5 can still end her year on a winning note.

Pliskova leads a potent Czech Republic Fed Cup team that features two-time Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova, 21st-ranked Barbora Strycova and doubles specialist Lucie Hradecka as the defending champions face France in Strasbourg, November 12-13th.

The Czech Republic is playing for a fifth Fed Cup championship in the last six years, while host France contests the final for the first time in 11 years.

"Well at least right now I can say there can be two last matches this year," Pliskova said. "I have to get ready. There's no other choice. So I just get ready and there is one week in between so I just rest a little bit and forget about tennis for a few days and then back to work for the last week of tennis this season."

Tbt 😞❤️

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Sep 25, 2016 at 7:55am PDT

The WTA ace leader is also looking forward to someday reprising her doubles partnership with twin sister Kristyna Pliskova. The left-handed Kristyna won her first WTA title in Tashkent in September and is now back in the Top 100 at No. 61.

The sisters have won three doubles titles together and hope to rejoin forces again though it may not happen next year. Their ranking disparity dictates different schedules, but Karolina is confident Kristyna's ranking will continue to rise.

"I don't think it's gonna happen next year because still the ranking is a little bit different and hopefully in the future it can happen," Karolina said. "But right now I think we just have each different ways and there are still different schedules for both of us. So it's tough to sometimes pull it together somehow.

"So I'm just happy that I'm gonna see her more often and that's she's back in the Top 100 and she's gonna stay there for a while I hope and she can even improve the ranking, I'm sure about it, and in the future we will see about doubles."

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