Updated On: 10 June, 2021 11:37 AM IST | Paris | IANS
Barbora, whose singles career has taken off in the past year, has a 24-9 singles record in 2021, including a run to the Dubai final in March and a maiden title at Strasbourg a fortnight ago. She attributes her singles success to "perspective" during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Barbora Krejcikova. Pic/AFP
Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova, who made her maiden entry into the French Open singles semi-finals after overcoming American Coco Gauff, said on Wednesday she never wanted to be labelled a doubles specialist. But the tag has unwittingly got stuck to Barbora after she won a couple of Grand Slam titles.
"I never really wanted to be a doubles specialist. Everybody just put a label on me. But we [with partner Katerina Siniakova] won our first two Grand Slams when I was 22. I felt like I don't want to be a doubles specialist when I was 22. I want to play singles. I want to work hard, improve my game. I want to play the top players actually in singles," Barbora said at the post-match press conference.