Kvitova. Photo: Getty Images
27 year old Czech who survived a knife attack at her home in December 2016 and confirmed her participation in the US Opens few days to the event, Petra Kvitova has stunned Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza in Sunday’s night session to reach the quarter-finals.
She meets Venus Williams tomorrow, Tuesday.
A champion herself, having won the Wimbledon in 2011 and 2014, Kvitova, in spite of the attack which needed a surgery on her left hand, said she feels that her fire power is still there
She is 13th seed in this tournament. In her game with Muguruza, she fought back from 1-4 down in the first set to win 7-6 (7-3) 6-3.
She said, “Sometimes I just really feel that the touch is there – the strength, the aggressive kind of game plan. It’s there, which I really, really appreciate. It took me a while to find it. Luckily I found it in a Grand Slam, which is nice. It will be a great match for me to step on Arthur Ashe Stadium again – probably – and play there. Venus has something special which the other players doesn’t have.”
