After a successful performance at the French Open in Paris, Petra Kvitová will take a break by the end of the year. The Czech tennis player wants to let her tired body rest and therefore she will not even play in the tournament in Ostrava. He will return to the circuit again in Australia, where he will probably have to spend Christmas because of that.
The semifinalist of the last clay grand slam was to be one of the main faces of the indoor tournament in Ostrava next week. But she decided to check out.
“My body is not ready to be in full swing and play a tournament on a hard surface. It’s not a single injury, but a general exhaustion of the body that has been playing in Paris for so long. It’s about not being hurt. more, “Kvitova explained.
It was not easy for her to leave her home business. “It is clear that Ostrava is close to me, I played a lot of tournaments there as a child. But there will be no spectators, so I don’t have to be so sorry, and I don’t know if the body would last. I’m sorry, but I have to take care of my health. “That’s the most important thing,” she said.
She ended the season after consulting with coach Jiří Vaňek, with whom they agreed that they would not repeat mistakes from previous seasons.
“In the past, I played a lot of tournaments even when I was not physically prepared for it. I want to learn from it. In addition, it would be quite difficult in Ostrava, I could not train properly. I would live in a bubble and not see my parents even though I have them twenty minutes from there, “Kvitová said, which made her decision easier.
This year, influenced by coronavirus, which did not play from March to the end of July and the cancellation of the entire autumn Asian line, including the Champions Tournament, Kvitová recorded twenty wins and six defeats at the WTA circuit. She played the final in Doha and by participating in the semifinals on the clay clay in Paris, she equaled the maximum from 2012.
In general, she did very well in all three grand slams, reaching all of them at least from the eighth finals.
“I have a very, very successful season at the grand slams this year. It’s a pity that they canceled Wimbledon. I’m even sadder now that it didn’t play in the end, because I haven’t been doing well in them like this for a long time. improve like this, “said the 30-year-old tennis player from Fulnek.
She is currently thinking about the next season, after some time of rest she would like to go to Dubai as usual, where she is preparing for the season in warm conditions. He will probably have to fly to Australia in mid-December.
“So far, it looks like I’m going to have to spend Christmas in Australia, because of the tournaments, we’ll have to be quarantined there for fourteen days before we start playing. It’s going to have to be handled, I respect the Australians’ worries. that not many people from abroad go there, “said the current world number eight.
So he doesn’t even plan a vacation yet. “Given that the situation in our country and in the world is complicated, I don’t know what will happen tomorrow, let alone in a month. So I will probably decide from day to day what I will do,” the tennis player added.
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