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Kvitova looking to recapture Wimbledon title

Petra Kvitova has said that her game is in great shape heading into the French Open. The 22-year-old, shot to fame after capturing  her first ever Grand Slam title at Wimbledon.  The Czech tennis star believes that she is a threat on any surface after racking up six titles last year.  In truth Kvitova has had a disappointing year so far but revealed that she is in confident mood as the second Major of the year approaches: “I think from last year that I can play on all surfaces and I won in Madrid on the clay, Wimbledon and I won on hard court as well, so I think that I have a game to play very well on different surfaces,”

The world number four believes that Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova will pose the biggest threat in Paris.  Kvitova lost to Sharapova in the semi-final of the Australian Open, but beat current women’s number  one; Azarenka in last year’s Wimbledon semi-final.  Securing a victory at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, would really establish Kvitova’s form coming into the highly anticipated Wimbledon tournament. With the Female competition so open this year with all big players firing, The French open should be another cracker, as the heavyweights of women’s tennis look to outdo each other once again.

Kvitova needs to perform well in Paris and put her recent poor form behind her and gain some confidence going into her summer schedule. Should she fail to make waves and recapture her consistency of last year, her Wimbledon defence may not be very effective if she remains horribly out of form.

GOING FOR NUMBER ONE

Petra Kvitova is well known for her left handed shots, as well as for the variety she brings in.  He inimitable style has so far won seven WTA single titles. She is currently world rank number 3, having previously held the number 2 spot back in October 2011.

To name some of her victories, Petra Kvitova won the 2011 Wimbledon Championship and also the WTO 2011 Tour Championship. This victory was essential and important to her as she became the first ever Grand Slam winner who was born in 1990’s.  Not only that she was also only the third player to win the WTA Championship in her first attempt.

Petra Kvitova had a great year in 20111 – she started by winning her second career title at the Brisbane International defeating the famous Andrea Petkovic and also defeating Nadia Petrova. With these wins she earned the title of being World number 28.

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Paris Womens Tennis Association – Clijsters vs Kvitova Final

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VENUS BEATS PETRA

Reigning Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova was defeated comprehensively by former world number one Venus Williams in the Sony Ericsson Open. The tournament is the first time that Venus has taken to the court since being a part of the US Open in 2011 and her win over one of the top female tennis players at the moment could be a signal of intent on the part of the American. However, in spite of all that has been said about the performance of Williams in the match, it must be said that the Czech player Kvitova did very little to enhance her reputation as she almost threw away the match, which finished in three sets.

And it was quite visible that Venus was suffering from fatigue after returning from such a long hiatus and she was lacking match fitness but incidentally, so was the left handed Petra Kvitova who admitted herself that when the match went into the tie-breaking third set, it became extremely difficult for her and she found it very hard to continue.

Kvitova also surrendered game and break points in the first two games of the last set and it was no surprise that she was punished for it by the former world number one. Kvitova said of Venus that she was looking good from the shots that she was making but admitted that she might be lacking  little bit of match practice after being out for such a long time.

But the question is, how can the reigning Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, no matter how tired or fatigued she might be, expect others to count her as a serious threat when she didn’t even manage to defeat a tired and unfit Venus Williams? Only time will give us the answers to this questions when she takes part in the upcoming events.

KVITOVA BACK IN THE NEWS

Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova is back in the news because of her sudden take off from the Dubai tournament – she has pulled out of the WTA Tournament because of her illness.

Her agent revealed that she has ended up at an emergency department because of having high fever, and is now under twenty-four hour care. After withdrawing from last week’s Qatar classic in Doha because of an Achilles tendon injury, this was her second event in which she has been forced to retire.

It was only in January that she won the Hopman Cup in Perth with compatriot Berdych and also won the semi finals in Sydney as well as the Australian open – she was clearly at the top of her game and looking forwards to playing tennis.

Unfortunatley that run hasn’t continued, and it looks like she’ll miss more tournaments. In a recent interview she said that she feels very bad to be injured, and is missing Dubai. The organizers have not given any details about the injury.

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