Petra Kvitova: Two-time Wimbledon champion pronounces her retirement from skilled tennis | Tennis Information
Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova has introduced her retirement from skilled tennis with the US Open being her last match.
The Czech left-hander was the primary participant born within the Nineties to win a Grand Slam title when she defeated Maria Sharapova within the 2011 last.
Kvitova went on to reclaim the Venus Rosewater Dish in 2014 – defeating Canadian Eugenie Bouchard for the lack of simply three video games.
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Varvara Gracheva got here from a set all the way down to defeat Petra Kvitova after which she paid tribute to the previous world No 2
The 35-year-old is presently ranked world No 572 and returned from a 17-month maternity break final February.
“Whereas no such resolution is ever simple to make, for me this can be a pleased second! I’ll go away the game with the largest smile on my face – the identical smile you’ve got seen from me on and off court docket all through my entire profession,” stated Kvitova, who was awarded a wild card for this yr’s Wimbledon.
She misplaced within the first spherical of a WTA 500 occasion on grass at Queen’s Membership earlier this month.
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