TK tennis player Petra Kvitová
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Next year will be a jubilee for the 30-year-old player. Ten years will pass at the beginning of July since her first sensational Wimbledon victory, at the end of October she will celebrate the anniversary of her triumph at the Champions Tournament and a week later the premier Fed Cup. However, Kvitová does not intend to succumb to nostalgia; on the contrary, she is full of plans for the new season, during which she will be helped by new marketing partners, which the Czech player’s team presented at the beginning of Wednesday’s meeting with journalists at TK Sparta Prague.
The new tennis year traditionally begins in Australia, although the start of the first grand slam of the season in Melbourne has been postponed by three weeks to 8 February. “According to current information, this term applies. We will have to undergo a fortnight’s quarantine in Australia, and a preparatory tournament should take place just before the grand slam,” said the world’s eighth tennis player.
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At the turn of November and December, Kvitová completed her traditional winter camp in Dubai, but in the southern hemisphere she will not leave until the New Year. “It’s true that we planned to leave in mid-December,” she shrugged. “On the other hand, at least I’ll be with my family for Christmas and probably New Year’s. And it’s not to be thrown away. Carp, salad, fairy tales … My gifts are ready,” she smiled.
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Petra Kvitová at a press conference after the end of the “covid” season.
TK SPARTA PRAHA / Pavel Lebeda
They do not feel a loss of motivation
This year was not only marked by a curious tennis season for her, she also became a student. “I enrolled in Prague at UJAK, majoring in Business Law. I had already tried another field there, but I did not focus on how I should. Now I hope to have it set up differently. But I am only at the beginning, so far it is diversification, “she said.
The upcoming season will be her fifteenth on the WTA circuit, but Kvitová still takes care of her motivation. “Slowly I will be the oldest on the circuit, I perceive it. But I still like tennis and I have the motivation to continue to improve.
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What are your goals before the new year? In addition to tournaments, tennis players should also have a delayed Olympics in Tokyo, at which Kvitová intends to defend her bronze from Rio de Janeiro. “It would be ideal to win Olympic gold and hide the grand slam triumph for the following year,” she laughed. But with regard to the past and the present, it remains on its feet on the ground. “It’s hard to plan anything. We see what the virus suddenly caused. I’ll take things as they come and see each other,” she added.
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