Pliskova on mindset heading into Australian Open:"My plan will be not to follow tennis that much because I'm a freak"

Karolina Pliskova became three-time champion at the Brisbane International this past week and once again looks good heading into the Australian Open.

Pliskova spoke afterwards about her mindset around tennis and said that from her perspective, she needs to almost have time to do activities and so that will be her main goal heading into the Australian Open.

"I have always big teams so it's impossible to somehow run away from tennis," Pliskova said on the WTA Insider Podcast. But I still have to maybe do some stuff which I enjoy, where I can relax and just don't really think about the match that's going to be in 40 hours. So that's gonna be my goal for this Grand Slam."

"That's a great record, actually. Since now I'm gonna come back every year, I think I have to be super confident after this record. But no, I think every year I play some good matches here, which gives me some confidence just to go into this tournament. No matter how good the players I face in the first or second rounds, I still somehow believe, here, it's my tournament, so I think I can really beat anybody here."

"I think for sure there are gonna be some stuff which I can do. I can read more for sure. My plan will be not to follow tennis that much because I'm a freak (laughs). So there is some stuff which I can do different and better."