Petra Kvitová at the tournament in Miami.
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“It’s definitely weird, but I don’t think it’s been two years. Time flies,” Kvitová told an online press conference. “The defense is always difficult and the field here is incredibly strong, each of us can win. Now it doesn’t really seem to win the trophy again, I take it day after day.”
The top ten followed the tradition and drove to Stuttgart from the Czech Republic. “I love to drive and the road ran fast. I don’t have to think about what to take, because there is a lot to fit in the car, you stop for a coffee. It’s relaxing,” said Kvitová. According to them, in the passages of German motorways with unlimited speed, they whistle at speeds of around 160 km / h. “I’m not a stuntman,” she said.
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It will be played in Stuttgart again without the presence of fans. Thirty-one-year-old Kvitová hopes that the audience will return to the auditorium soon. “I’m one of those who mind. Personally, it feels like training without them, and it’s hard to force and encourage,” she repeated, adding, “It sometimes gets awkward when I shout my ‘Come!’, I hear it’s all around and I’m afraid of myself. “
After the tournament in Miami, Kvitová tested green clay in Charleston for the first time, where she dropped out in the round of 16. She was vaccinated against coronavirus before leaving for home. “Like about eighty percent of the players. I then had symptoms, chills, started sweating and had heavy legs and overall tiredness. Along with moving home and shifting time, it did its thing, I was weaker, but after hours it passed and I heard that that’s the way it should be, “said the tennis player.
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Petra Kvitová in the eight-final battle of the tournament in Miami.
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Thanks to vaccinations, he hopes for easier travel and conditions in tournaments where players are in a so-called bubble. “I won’t have to be in solitary confinement and wait in the room locked up all day after the tests. Maybe they’ll let us go out of the hotel one day to keep me locked up,” she said.
I will try to follow up on the French Open
Kvitové always takes a while to get used to the clay. The memory of last year’s autumn Roland Garros, where she reached the semifinals, could help her. “I still have that in mind. I’ll try to follow up,” she said.
“Like every year, I struggle a little with clay at the beginning. I need time, matches to get used to it, topspins and slides here and there, even if they don’t slide too much. I have to switch in my head that I can play clay well, but it takes time, “she said with a smile.
Kvitová returned to the top ten after a week
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The Grandslam on Paris clay will not be played on schedule again this year and will start a week later due to coronavirus measures in France (May 30). This will shorten the preparation on the grass in front of Wimbledon by a week.
“For those who love grass, it will be painful, but two weeks is still plenty of time to prepare for the grass,” said the two-time All England Club winner.
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