It was only her favorite surface that Petra Kvitová got from the long-term results marasmus. At the grassy South English general at Wimbledon, the Czech tennis player finally got out of the negative balance of wins and losses in the season. After three months, and for the second time this year, she won three matches in a row, stepped out of the shadows and talked about again.
It was not difficult to predict which tournament would be the absolute peak of the season for 32-year-old Petra Kvitová, on which she will cling and on which she will adjust her form.
London’s Wimbledon, where the Czech player held the famous Venus Rosewater plate twice in her hands eleven and eight years ago, starts on Monday and Kvitová returns to the center of events after a long crisis.
At the third grand slam of the season, it cannot be ranked among the biggest favorites, but it will certainly frighten its rivals.
This one of the unprecedented legions of players longing for great success will not want to come across this lawn full of experience, joy of the game and the desire to shuffle the cards once again at the heart of the nearest tennis venue.
Kvitová is gaining traction in Eastbourne, which is also noticed by foreign media and experts.
Although the Czech Republic did not face the socks of the most difficult “weight category”, it attracted attention with its fun and energetic tennis. In the first round against Donna Vekičová from Croatia, she was particularly impressed by her perfect service. She collected eleven aces and after her first serve received almost 90 percent of the balls.
Against the home Katie Boulterová, she did not avoid collapse in the second round, when she lost the first set from 5: 2, she bought two mistakes instead of aces, but she literally tore the scalp of the unpleasant defeats of the other two Czechs Tereza Martincová and Karolina Plíšková.
And in Thursday’s quarterfinals, she returned to dominance against Harrieta Dart. And an excellent presentation.
The numbers speak for themselves. Eight aces, the only double error and the only breakball she allowed the opponent in the very last game. But she did not let her pick up the service.
“Stellar service,” wrote the official WTA website in response, recalling that Kvitova is among the top four in Eastbourne for the second time. In 2011, she played the finals on the South Coast, just two weeks before she famously dominated Wimbledon.
“Kvitová will play the eighth semi-final on the grass in her career. Among the active players, only Serena Williams, Angelique Kerber and Venus Williams are better,” the WTA said.
Kvitová has two wins since her 29th tournament title, but the most surprising sensation of recent weeks stands in her way. Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia has won businesses in both Nothingham and Birmingham in recent weeks, holding a stunning series of twelve prizes on the grass.
Kvitová also became one of the victims of the 26-year-old native of Sao Paulo, in the last tournament she lost to her in the first round 6: 7, 2: 6.
Now the Czech tennis player is offered the opportunity to retaliate. This will be a challenge that may indicate possible Wimbledon ambitions.
Kvitová, who equaled her match balance this year to 13 victories and 13 defeats with Thursday’s win, is in a great mood anyway. She gives a good mood and laughter in Eastbourne, she laughed a few times in Thursday’s conversation, she enjoyed the joy of the game. Radiant, she told how she loves British audiences, British humor, grass and the coastal city of hundreds of thousands itself.
The two-time Wimbledon champion will play the tournament semifinals after a long nine months. The duel with Haddad Maia is on the agenda at the beginning of Friday’s program, at 12 noon Central European Time.
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