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Czech claims 7-6, 6-2 victory against 'sunshine double'-chasing Kazakh for 30th WTA Tour title.

I think the tiebreak really decided the whole match in the end ... it was probably the longest in my career and somehow I managed it," she said. Rybakina couldn't convert a break point in the next game and then she herself was broken again when serving to stay in the match at 5-2 down.

Petra Kvitova won the Butch Buchholz Trophy after defeating Elena Rybakina in the Women's Final of the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday.

I think it was the key that I didn’t think. “She had so many aces at the beginning of the tiebreak that I couldn’t even play, so it was really difficult and amazing. “That’s what I love the most about tennis. So I’m just a little bit on the Ukrainian side of this,” she added. I won the tiebreaker so emotionally, I was on the better side. “I think it’s right decision, I guess.” I think the second, she was also more free to hit, to maybe risk a bit more. “The tiebreaker was going to decide the whole match. “I love trophies, so that’s probably why,” she said when asked how she raises her game in big matches. “Maybe, if the first set had gone my way, it would’ve been different,” Rybakina said. She had so many aces at the beginning of the tiebreak that I couldn’t even play, so it was really difficult and amazing. The tiebreak, oh my God, it was probably the longest in my career, and somehow I managed it.

No.15 seed Petra Kvitova won her first Miami Open title in her 13th appearance in the tournament. It was the Czech's 30th Hologic WTA Tour title, ...

Petra Kvitova claimed her 30th WTA singles title with a straight sets victory over Elena Rybakina at the Miami Open on Saturday.

Kvitova’s win is a testament to her hard work, dedication, and perseverance, and she has proved that she is still a force to be reckoned with on the WTA. Kvitova now has nine WTA 1000 titles, and the victory at Miami Open will boost her confidence heading into the clay court season. Rybakina couldn’t convert a break point in the next game, and then she herself was broken again when serving to stay in the match at 5-2 down. I think it was the longest one I ever played in my life. Kvitova won 78 percent of her service points (52 of 67) and finished with 29 winners to 14 unforced errors. The match was a serve-dominated battle until Kvitova broke to go 5-4 up, but Rybakina immediately broke back.

Mike Tyson was in the stands for the Elena Rybakina and Petra Kvitova final at the Miami Open and he actually caused a slight delay because he arrived late ...

Petra Kvitova said she drew on her deep well of experience to come through an epic first set tie-breaker and upset Elena Rybakina 7-6(14) 6-2 for her first ...

Russia calls its actions in Ukraine a "special military operation." She will now return to the top 10 for the first time since September 2021. "The young ones are coming up all the time.

The 33-year-old Czech defeated Elena Rybakina 7-6 (16-14), 6-2 in the final to pick her 30th career singles title that goes along with her two Wimbledon titles ...

Open with her first big win, upsetting top seed Dinara Safina and has been a major threat in tennis ever since. 2 ranking, six Fed Cup (now Billie Jean King Cup) titles, Olympic bronze medal in singles from 2016 and Kvitova is likely to have her name engraved in the hallowed halls of the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island. Those titles, combined with a runner-up showing at the Australian Open in 2019, her career high No.

Petra Kvitova won the 2023 Miami Open yesterday and the win pushed her into the top 10 in career prize money earnings of all time trailing Sharapova and ...

To illustrate that we simply need to look at the top 10 of career prize money earnings of all time. The list is a combined list so it features both men and women making this appearance in the top 10 even more noteworthy. Petra Kvitova might not have been winning much recently but the Czech player is absolutely one of the legends of the tennis sport.

Petra Kvitova will be the first to tell you she needs to pull back on the grind. At 33, it's helping her sustain a winning career.

I will have to spend some time on the court, unfortunately, to get used to the clay, the bouncing and moving. I'm just very happy that I can still compete with the best and be at the highest level. "So I think it's [saving] the passion and the fighting spirit that I can have then in the match." When I was a kid and playing tennis just for fun with my father, I couldn't really imagine having a career like I did, winning two Wimbledon titles, so many others. When I'm on the court and in the gym, I do. Probably one day when I finish with tennis I will see it differently. So I need some time off actually, not to play every day or be on the court for so many hours. If you have to go there and practice again for an hour, it's getting really tiring all the time. Kvitova: Of course in my career I was putting a lot of work in. I need to enjoy the match itself afterward, where I can play very good. "Then if I have a few days, he can do a lot of work, as well, but you never know which day it will come, if it will be like coffee time or working time. The topic of practice has always been a tricky and humorous one for the Czech.

Petra Kvitova emerged victorious in the 2023 Miami Open and openly expressed her emotions following her triumph. The former world no.

I didn't expect this at all." I couldn't even expect this at all. "The tiebreak, oh my god.

Russian Daniil Medvedev and the Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova have both triumphed at the recently concluded 2023 Miami Open.

The 15th seed at the event, Kvitova came up against Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina in the final. The two-time Grand Slam winner wound back the clock in Miami, and though she had a number of tight sets, was able to lean on her years of experience when it mattered most and dropped just a single set all tournament. In the final, he came up against Italy’s Jannik Sinner, the number ten seed at the event (Medvedev was number four).

MIAMI: Petra Kvitova turned back the clock to upset Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina 7-6(16/14), 6-2 at Hard Rock...

“I don’t have any goals. I love the game itself, I love the fight. That’s what I love the most about tennis.

Petra Kvitova turned back the clock to upset Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina 7-6(14) 6-2 on Saturday to win her first Miami Open crown and ninth WTA 1000 title.

[Rahul Gandhi in Surat today to challenge his conviction in defamation case](/news/nation/rahul-gandhi-in-gujarat-today-to-challenge-his-conviction-in-defamation-case-493742) “The tiebreak, oh my God, it was probably the longest in my career and somehow I managed it,” she said. The powerful left-hander then swung freely in the second, racing out to a 3-0 lead and breaking the hard-serving Rybakina for a third time on match point.