Karolina Pliskova boosted her chances for Singapore with the best serving performance of her career to win her second title of 2018 at the Toray Pan Pacific Open. En route to the title, Pliskova saved match points in her third round against Alison Riske before dominating US Open champion Naomi Osaka in Saturday's final.

Pliskova joins the podcast from the Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open to reflect on what sparked her mid-season resurgence and why there's nothing like having your dad in your corner.