He is fighting. Petra Kvitová celebrates advancing to the quarterfinals of the French Open.
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From the first ball, Kvitová’s eyes showed concentration, known to her from the big matches in which she outclassed her opponents – for example, twice in the Wimbledon final or in the Fed Cup. And by quickly starting the match with the Chinese woman, she tuned in to a winning tone.
“I’ve been fine since the morning, but about half an hour before the match it fell on me and I was nervous. It’s different,” Kvitová described her mood in a video conference with journalists after the match. “I know that when I’m nervous, it’s a good sign that I care that I’m pumping out. And the beginning was probably decided in the final,” she said.
First time into the Roland-Garros quarter-finals since 2012.
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She flew through the match in an hour and 25 minutes. Two balls before the end, her eyes began to glow. After the sword ball was used, she could be seen moved. “My memories of the comeback in 2017 came back to me,” the 30-year-old player revealed.
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Three years ago, she played the first match at Philipp Chatrier’s center after the incident in December 2016, when she was robbed in her apartment and the perpetrator cut off all the fingers of her left hand, in which she holds a rocket. She defeated Julia Boserup from the USA 6: 3 and 6: 2 at the time.
“I remembered everything,” Kvitova said. “How terribly difficult and at the same time nice to enter the center and play in front of spectators, family, loved ones who helped me in difficult times. That’s why I’m very happy with how I played and advanced to the quarterfinals.”
Petra Kvitová is happy to advance to the quarterfinals of the French Open
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After the third round, Kvitová faced the question of how she sees her chances for the title. Now the spider of the women’s singles is poorer by other favorites and her name is even more inflected in connection with the triumph. “I don’t look that far. Now I have another match ahead of me,” she replied.
Like many players, he has a habit of not studying the lottery. She can’t figure out who she could play with in two or three rounds. “I think I’ve had it since I was a child. I don’t even remember it from the tournaments I went to with my parents. I just went to hit it, kicked it off and then found out who I was playing with,” she said. “I looked a lot ahead and then during the match I thought about my opponent round the round, which is not possible. It was a lesson.”
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He now knows that he will compete with Laura Siegemund for the semifinals. Even after the controversial double impact of the ball, the German woman turned the match of the first round with the home team Kristina Mladenovicová and is in the grand slam for the first time in the quarterfinals. “She can play clay, she’s dangerous. I can’t let her vary,” Kvitová suspects.
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