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Czech tennis player Kateřina Siniaková will continue her doubles partnership with American player Taylor Townsend next season. The pair have won two Grand Slam titles together and came very close to reaching the final of the WTA Finals in Riyadh on Friday.

In their semifinal match, they held a match point but were defeated by the Russian-Belgian duo of Veronika Kudermetova and Elise Mertens, losing 6–4, 6–7, 6–10 after nearly two hours of play.

Speaking to the website Tenisový svět, the 29-year-old Czech confirmed that she and Townsend will keep playing together and admitted she regretted making too many unforced errors in the decisive moments.

An increasing number of Czechs are heading south in caravans or motorhomes to spend the winter in warmer climates, the Czech News Agency reported on Saturday, citing Jan Bordovský, head of the Camping and Caravanning Association.

Most people travel to Spain, Portugal, Greece, or Morocco, where the weather is sunny, around 20 degrees during the day, and mild at night.

Bordovský says the travellers fall mainly into three groups: young families working remotely, recent graduates taking time off between jobs, and retirees — a group that’s expected to grow further.

Around 2,800 shops across Czechia are taking part in the autumn round of the national Food Collection on Saturday. From eight in the morning until six in the evening, people can donate food and hygiene products for those in need — seniors living alone, families in crisis, or the homeless. Donations can also be made through six online shops, where the campaign has already been running since Tuesday.

Last autumn, the collection gathered 684 tonnes of food and goods, about 34 tonnes less than the year before. Organizers say that could be because many people had already donated in September to help flood-hit regions. The Food Collection has been held twice a year since 2019, and overall since 2013.

The Prague City Council has, for the first time, approved a group of law firms to manage public tenders for the next four years, according to iRozhlas.cz. This marks the city’s first attempt at a more systematic approach that is meant to bring greater transparency. Until now, legal representation in such matters was typically awarded on an ad hoc basis, often without open competition.

Among the chosen firms are Rowan Legal, Řanda Havel Legal, and Havel & Partners, all of which are prominent in the Czech legal market but many of which have faced criticism in the past, some for their connections to influential figures in the public and state sectors.