Petra withdraws from French Open with arm injury
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by Monika Matysik
5y ago
No.6 seed Petra Kvitova has been forced to withdraw from the 2019 French Open owing to a left forearm injury. The two-time Wimbledon champion, who is currently leading the Porsche Race to Shenzhen, had hoped to claim a first victory at Roland Garros, having reached the semifinals of 2012, when she was defeated by Maria Sharapova. She had also shown some promise on the clay this year, winning in Stuttgart before reaching the quarterfinals of Madrid, where she lost to an in-form Kiki Bertens. However, she was forced to retire from her last-16 match against Maria Sakkari in Rome. Kvitova has anno ..read more
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Petra retires from third-round match in Rome
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by Monika Matysik
5y ago
Greek youngster Maria Sakkari proved her clay court mettle on Thursday, winning her second match of the day to reach the Internazionali BNL d’Italia quarterfinals as No.2 seed Petra was forced to retiring trailing, 7-5, 5-7, 4-0. Petra was doing double duty after Wednesday’s washout, dropping just one game to Putintseva and winning the first three games to kick off her clash with Sakkari. The unseeded Greek star soon settled, levelling the set after saving a pair of break points in the sixth game and held steady as she turned the tables on the two-time Wimbledon winner, breaking to grab the op ..read more
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Petra races past Putintseva into Rome 3rd round
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by Monika Matysik
5y ago
No.2 seed Petra Kvitova dropped just one game in a clay court masterclass against Yulia Putintseva, easing through to the third round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, 6-0, 6-1. Yesterday the tournament suffered its first ‘washout day’ in modern history, and today players are doing double duty to make up for lost time. After suitable rest, Kvitova is due back on court later today to contest her third round match, awaiting the winner between No.14 seed Anett Kontaveit and qualifier Maria Sakkari. Kvitova didn’t waste any time as she took to the Foro Italico’s Grandstand to contest her first m ..read more
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Bertens grounds Petra in Madrid Open rematch
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by Monika Matysik
5y ago
In a rematch of last year’s Mutua Madrid Open final, No.7 seed Kiki Bertens earned her revenge against Petra Kvitova in dominant fashion on Thursday, soaring past the Czech in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3. Bertens was dominant from start to finish against the defending champion, keeping the Czech’s booming game contained and firing 13 winners en route to victory. Although her run at Madrid has come to an end, three-time champion Kvitova can still claim a sweet consolation prize: her stellar history here makes her the winningest champion in tournament history, and she has the most wins here of any o ..read more
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Petra outplays Garcia to return to Madrid QFs
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by Monika Matysik
5y ago
No.2 seed Petra Kvitova powered into her fifth career quarterfinal at the Mutua Madrid Open without dropping a set after fighting past Caroline Garcia in the third round. Kvitova, the defending champion, looked right at home at the Caja Magica against Garcia, needing just a break in each set to seal the 6-3, 6-3 victory. Her three Mutua Madrid Open titles make her the winningest champion in tournament history, having also won here in 2011 and 2015. Today’s win just adds to Kvitova’s stellar numbers, recording her ninth straight victory at this tournament and extending her WTA tour-leading matc ..read more
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Petra conquers Mladenovic in Madrid clash
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by Monika Matysik
5y ago
Three-time Mutua Madrid Open champion Petra Kvitova won an eighth straight match at the Caja Magica, ousting 2017 runner-up Kristina Mladenovic, 6-3, 7-6(5) to reach the third round. The defending champion navigated a tricky second set from the big-hitting Frenchwoman to clinch a tense tie-break after one hour and 55 minutes on Court Manolo Santana. Breaking serve to start the match, the No.2 seed didn’t have things all her own way on Monday as Mladenovic promptly broke back and forced two break points on the Czech’s serve in hopes of taking the lead. Kvitova dug deep to save both and ultimate ..read more
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Petra eases past Kenin in Madrid 1st round clash
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by Monika Matysik
5y ago
No.2 seed Petra Kvitova continues her torrid run of form into the Mutua Madrid Open, where she opened her 2019 campaign with a straight sets victory over Sofia Kenin. The Czech No.1 is coming off of a stellar week in Stuttgart, where she became the WTA’s first repeat champion of the season after recording wins over Anastasija Sevastova and Kiki Bertens along the way before defeating Anett Kontaveit in the final. Last year’s Madrid champion, Kvitova has lifted the trophy here three times in her career – more claiming more titles and victories than any other woman to play this tournament. Today ..read more
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Stuttgart 2019
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5y ago
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Petra claims second title of season at Stuttgart
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by Monika Matysik
5y ago
No.3 seed Petra Kvitova became the first player to win a second WTA singles title in 2019, as the Czech made it through a bruising battle with No.8 seed Anett Kontaveit to triumph 6-3, 7-6(2) in the final of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix on Sunday. 18 prior tournaments had taken place in the season without a repeat singles titlist to be found, but Kvitova finally became the first woman to double her trophies for the year after her hour-and-a-half victory over the 15th-ranked Estonian. “So, we are three of us now,” Kvitova said to the press with a laugh, referring to Dominic Thiem’s Barcelona t ..read more
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