Having claimed a grasscourt title in Berlin as a warm-up for Wimbledon, Kvitova demonstrated her prowess on the courtroom
By:
Kimberly Rodrigues
Twice former champion Petra Kvitova secured a cushty victory within the second spherical of Wimbledon on Friday (07). Because the ninth seed, she confronted minimal resistance from Belarusian participant Aliaksandra Sasnovich, in the end triumphing with a 6-2, 6-2 scoreline on Court docket Two, which was bathed in daylight.
At 33 years outdated, the Czech tennis participant, who beforehand claimed Wimbledon titles in 2011 and 2014, has reached the third spherical solely as soon as since her second victory.
Nevertheless, on this match characterised by quite a few errors, the vast majority of which got here from Sasnovich, Kvitova didn’t have to showcase her finest kind.
Sasnovich, who has made makes an attempt in Grand Slam tournaments for a decade, has by no means superior past the fourth spherical.
Having claimed a grasscourt title in Berlin as a warm-up for Wimbledon, Kvitova demonstrated her prowess on the courtroom.
Regardless of buying and selling early breaks along with her opponent, the Czech participant appeared to have the higher hand all through the match. She secured a vital break for a 4-2 lead within the first set, whereas Sasnovich, who concluded the set with a double fault, skilled one other service drop.
Within the second set, though Sasnovich briefly rallied to interrupt Kvitova’s serve and degree the rating at 1-1, her momentum was short-lived.
The Belarusian struggled to minimise errors within the face of Kvitova’s highly effective and exact groundstrokes. Finally, Kvitova comfortably sailed by way of the match, wrapping up the victory in a complete enjoying time of 74 minutes.
“It’s all the time troublesome to play her, all the time a battle, and I’m comfortable that someway I discovered a method and I’m by way of,” mentioned Kvitova, who’s the fifth-highest incomes feminine participant with virtually 37 million {dollars} banked.
“I actually loved the it. You by no means understand how lengthy you may play however I want it by no means ends – all of the assist is all the time wonderful.”
(Reuters)
