Former world number one Karolina Pliskova was docked a point for smashing her racquet off the court and then slumped out of the Australian Open to Karolina Muchova on Saturday. The frustrated sixth seed was out of sorts throughout and fell 7-5, 7-5 in one hour and 54 minutes in the all-Czech third-round clash, ending her dreams of a maiden Grand Slam title. 

"I`m definitely happy to make it through in two sets. We were both nervous," said 24-year-old Muchova. After Pliskova lost a tight first set, she took her frustration out on her racquet which cost her a code violation. She then walked into the players` tunnel to inflict further damage, but it was seen by an official who informed chair umpire Alison Hughes resulting in a docked point for a second code violation.