Karolina Pliskova lost 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 to the new World No. 1 Angelique Kerber, but came tantalisingly close to a maiden Grand Slam win when she led 3-1 with a break in the decider. Pic/AFP

New York: Karolina Pliskova vowed not to turn her back on her all-or-nothing game despite it falling short in her three-set defeat to Angelique Kerber in Saturday's US Open final. The 24-year-old Czech lost 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 to the new world number one but she came tantalisingly close to a maiden Grand Slam win when she led 3-1 with a break in the decider. In the end, however, her 47 unforced errors—a consequence of her big-hitting approach—compared to Kerber's meagre 17 proved her undoing.