Karolina Pliskova: Marriage was not stressful at all

Karolina Pliskova with husband Michal Hrdilicka

Czech tennis star Karolina Pliskova, who married her agent Michal Hrdilicka in Monte Carlo last July, said that her wedding was a 'surprise' to the world because she didn't want to talk about it. The news was shocking to many as Pliskova announced her engagement at the US Open last year, but kept the wedding date a secret.

"We had been planning it for, let's say two, three months. We had it [wedding] in Monaco, so you had to plan few things - the dress and everything. For me, I just didn't want to talk about it. That's why for you guys, it was a surprise. It was not stressful at all," Pliskova told Tennis World USA. When asked if marriage was at the back of her mind during the tournaments she played before the wedding, the World No. 9 replied: "No, it was something I was looking forward to happening. It was a very small wedding.

Karolina Pliskova

There were not many people, not many things what we had to plan or what we have to do. It was more like I would call it a family lunch. I had just my really close friends. We just enjoyed."

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